diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py index 91cf56f8..27353cbb 100644 --- a/docs/conf.py +++ b/docs/conf.py @@ -78,4 +78,7 @@ "user-guide/assignments/Sail_the_ship": "user-guide/_images/freepik_research_vessel.jpg", "user-guide/assignments/Code_of_conduct": "user-guide/_images/freepik_code_of_conduct.jpg", } + +sphinx_gallery_conf = {"default_thumb_file": "_static/virtual_ship_logo.png"} + nbsphinx_execute = "never" diff --git a/docs/user-guide/_images/ILOs.jpg b/docs/user-guide/_images/ILOs.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..81c09523 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/user-guide/_images/ILOs.jpg differ diff --git a/docs/user-guide/index.md b/docs/user-guide/index.md index 6d950781..2578fbea 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide/index.md +++ b/docs/user-guide/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ :maxdepth: 1 quickstart +teacher-content/index tutorials/index assignments/index ``` diff --git a/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/ILOs.ipynb b/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/ILOs.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f17cb126 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/ILOs.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +{ + "cells": [ + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "id": "84d1c60b", + "metadata": {}, + "source": [ + "# Aligned learning outcomes\n", + "\n", + "_Aligned using the revised version of Blooms taxonomy (Anderson et al. 2001)_\n", + "\n", + "1. Identify practical challenges of planning sea-based research, such as:\n", + "\n", + "- Availability and capabilities of research vessels and equipment, e.g. ice breaker vessel needed, infrastructure for equipment available\n", + "- General logistics, e.g. transportation of container labs and other equipment\n", + "- Requesting permits\n", + " - Travel permits for staff\n", + " - Diplomatic clearance (EEZ)\n", + " - Customs documents\n", + "- Safety trainings (beforehand and onboard)\n", + "- Preparing, testing and transporting equipment\n", + "\n", + "2. Be aware of (describe) matters during sea-based research, such as:\n", + "\n", + "- Contingency due to weather conditions and other unforeseen circumstances\n", + "- The need to be flexible and patient\n", + "- Taking notes, recording coordinates, stations, casts\n", + "- Measurement protocols\n", + "- Communication with crew, e.g. captain, winch driver\n", + "- Living at sea, e.g. sea legs, seasickness, relaxation, water/energy/waste footprint\n", + "\n", + "3. Give examples of uncertainty and variability of sea-based observations, such as:\n", + "\n", + "- Likely errors or wrong values, and seeing the data through the noise\n", + "- Time and date coordinates, e.g. UTC, local time, ship time\n", + "- Variability and limitations of measurements\n", + "- Different scales of variability, e.g. tidal, seasonal\n", + "- ‘Synopticity’ of measurements (i.e. not possible to measure with one ship at multiple locations at the same time; therefore mixing time and space variability)\n", + "- Instrument specific qualities, e.g. ADCP reflection\n", + "\n", + "4. Learn how to analyse and interpret sea-based observations. Be able to:\n", + "\n", + "- Read in different data formats, e.g. nc, csv, zarr\n", + "- Manipulate arrays and other data structures in python\n", + "- Create and interpret density/TS profiles\n", + "- Create spatial temperature/salinity/velocity maps, do GIS things\n", + "- Interpret plots and deduce ocean circulation\n", + "- Report findings\n", + "- Contribute to a cruise report with pictures or plots\n", + "\n", + "5. Plan a research cruise. Be able to:\n", + "\n", + "- Formulate research questions\n", + "- Select sampling sites\n", + "- Consider the duration of deployments, e.g. time a CTD station takes\n", + "- Decide on on-site measurement order\n", + "- Plan rest/working shifts for scientific personnel\n", + "- Deal with contingency, e.g. consider what sites/measurements are essential, which are ok to skip" + ] + } + ], + "metadata": { + "language_info": { + "name": "python" + } + }, + "nbformat": 4, + "nbformat_minor": 5 +} diff --git a/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/index.md b/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ba1596b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user-guide/teacher-content/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Teacher content + +VirtualShip is used as part of the VirtualShip Classroom, that combines authentic tools with VR to create a virtual fieldwork experience and allows you to teach about sea-based research from your regular classroom. + +All VirtualShip Classroom (VSC) material is open under an MIT licence and freely available! You can use the VSC to teach anything from a 4 hour masterclass up to an open assignment of more than 40 hours. Example assignments are available below and please feel free to customize anything offline or [contribute](../../contributing/index.md) to the assignments provided here. + +Our core learning outcome is for students to appreciate the difficulty of measuring the ocean, making the VSC a valuable tool for students that will go into fieldwork, modelling or anything else. Additional Intended Learning Outcomes [(ILOs)](ILOs.md) were formulated in collaboration with ocean scientists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research [(NIOZ)](https://www.nioz.nl/en) and Utrecht University [(UU)](https://www.uu.nl/en). + +The 360 videos are available on our YouTube channel [**_@VirtualShip Classroom_**](https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualShipClassroom) and in high resolution upon request. The videos can be viewed in the classroom or at home using: + +- VR Headsets – Wear a headset and look around naturally by moving your head. +- Smartphones/Tablets – Move your device or swipe the screen to explore. +- PC/Mac Browsers – Click and drag with your mouse to look around. + +The VSC design focuses on creating didactically sound, authentic learning experiences grounded in established learning theories in science education, such as constructivism [(Piaget 1954)](https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315009650) and constructionism [(Papert 1980)](https://worrydream.com/refs/Papert_1980_-_Mindstorms,_1st_ed.pdf). By integrating realistic tasks and a gamified narrative approach within Jupyter notebooks, students learn within a digital replica of the real world, constructing knowledge through ‘learning by doing’ and ‘trial and error’ as they explore oceanography concepts, research methods, and analysis tools. + +We evaluated in several (under)graduate courses and find that the VirtualShip Classroom is highly engaging, and students report on enhanced confidence and knowledge [(Daniels et al. 2025)](https://current-journal.com/articles/10.5334/cjme.121). + +```{nbgallery} +--- +maxdepth: 1 +caption: Teaching material +--- + +ILOs.md +```