Evolving Best Practices in Online Astronomy Teaching
Abstract
As online education continues to mature, we have gained an understanding of some best (and worst) practices in teaching introductory astronomy to non-science majors at a distance. There are strategies that can improve the delivery of instruction, attrition rates, student interaction, and understanding/assessment of the astronomy content in the online environment. Strategies include the use of citizen science projects to engage students with authentic data and research.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014AGUFMED53A3474B
- Keywords:
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- 0805 Elementary and secondary education;
- 0810 Post-secondary education;
- 0815 Informal education;
- 0840 Evaluation and assessment