Alaska Data for Undergraduate Education

The main goal for this project is to enhance the quantitative skills of undergraduate biology students in Alaska by developing online educational tools focused on the state’s changing environment; a topic relevant to Alaska’s underserved student populations.

Other goals are to:

1. Enhance the preparation of biology undergraduates for a future that will increasingly demand quantitative literacy and the ability to manage and interpret data;
2. Increase student knowledge about climate change and its biological impacts within the state in which temperatures are changing fastest;
3. Foster novel collaborations between ecologists, biodiversity scientists and data scientists that will enable innovative approaches for research to inspire a new generation of students to pursue careers in STEM; and
4. Improve educational outcomes for a diverse group of undergraduates, including Indigenous, rural, and non-traditional students, by increasing opportunities for inquiry and research and promoting active and collaborative learning.

The goal of the first workshop is to define key educational needs, identify informative data sets, and link educators with data managers for module development. All are welcome! For more information about attendance, please see the join us page.