[LTER-education] Fw: [obfs-mail-list] RE: what does field research in the summer of coronavirus look like?
Alan Berkowitz
berkowitza at caryinstitute.org
Thu Mar 26 06:40:43 PDT 2020
I think a concrete discussion of different ideas for responding to the
current crisis would be really valuable for our April 2 meeting (just next
week!) (sorry if someone’s already suggested this).
Perhaps we could identify what those ideas are an people can ‘sign up’ for
taking the lead on fleshing out the idea? Perhaps using a google doc or
sheet in our committee’s folder?
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Cora Ann (caj2dr)
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research in the summer of coronavirus look like?
I saw this shared video field trips idea on the field stations thread and
thought that it might be of interest to this group.
Please let me know if you think a multi site set of virtual explorations is
of interest.
I'd be particularly interested in thinking of ways to intersperse a few
short video clips with active inquiry or activities.
Be well,
Cora
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obfs-mail-list-request at ucdavis.edu> on behalf of Claudia Luke <
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*Cc:* Kerry Wininger <winingek at sonoma.edu>
*Subject:* Re: [obfs-mail-list] RE: what does field research in the summer
of coronavirus look like?
Hello OBFS,
I'd like to pitch an idea to anyone who may be interested. I'd like to see
if we can create multi-site virtual field trips. The idea is to virtually
visit 3-4 field sites with experts who can speak for 5-10 minutes in the
field about a topic, such as climate change, water, invasive species, etc.
These could be pre-recorded (for sites without streaming capability) or in
real-time. At the end, presenters would be available for a discussion with
students and each other. The experience could be offered to faculty (who
are scrambling now to convert their classes to on-line teaching) as a
replacement experience for previously scheduled class field trips.
A few things I like about the idea: (1) virtual learning is needed for the
experience; it's not just a poor replacement for a site visit, (2) because
we are in extraordinary times, our first attempts can be informal, and (3)
by exploring this now, we might be creating a model for further field
station collaborations.
Let me know if you are interested in test driving the idea with us. Lisa
Micheli at Pepperwood Preserve is on board to try something out. Any
other takers?
I've also included below a few thoughts about virtual learning
opportunities we are now exploring that we haven't been considering before.
Stay safe everyone and hope I hear from a couple of interested colleagues
about the idea,
Claudia
Other Virtual Learning Things We Are Thinking About at the Center for
Environmental Inquiry
1. We can use on-line learning to enhance field experiences. Visitors
could learn to see processes before coming to the field (e.g., erosion,
photosynthesis, invasion, etc.). This would create a deeper experiences
since they could apply what they learned while on the preserve.
2. We can use virtual tours to reach more people. Field sites are
ultimately limited in the number of people who can visit. We can reach out
to people who may never visit, but who could develop appreciation for field
science and arts.
3. Virtual learning allows people to immediately apply new skills at
home as part of a class or workshop. We are working on offering a series of
workshops training people to use citizen science apps, such as iNaturalist,
eBird and others. A fire hardening workshop is perfect since people can
survey their own homes during the class.
4. Existing ppts are a great way to easily create information to share
with others. These could be pre-recorded, and followed with a live
question-answer session.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 8:03 AM Musselman, Lytton John <lmusselm at odu.edu>
wrote:
The flurry of emails the past few days has been enlightening and helpful. I
was especially struck by the missive from Jesse in Ely raising the question
of field courses.
Our Blackwater Preserve is a member of OBFS but we are literally nothing
but acreage comprising the northernmost expression of the longleaf pine
ecosystem so emails regarding facilities, residences, and staff do not
apply to us. What is poignant is the query about how to handle field
courses during the contagion. I am likely not the only field biologist who
thinks field classes just cannot be taught online. All ours are canceled
through the summer. Is there any alternative to offer field courses without
taking students into the field?
Lytton
Lytton John Musselman
Manager, Blackwater Ecologic Preserve
Mary Payne Hogan Distinguished Professor of Botany
Department of Biological Sciences
5115 Hampton Boulevard
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0266
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Email: lmusselm at odu.edu
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obfs-mail-list-request at ucdavis.edu> on behalf of Jesse Ellis <jellis at coe.edu
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of coronavirus look like?
To those of you who are moving field courses online, how do you expect this
to work? For us at the WIlderness Field Station, it literally would not
work, not in a reasonable or safe way, because we do not have internet,
meaning we'd be recording and editing, and then driving into town to find
barely existent web access in Ely. It would be slow and troublesome, and
expose staff and potentially locals to infection. I'm not even sure if most
places with internet in Ely are open at this point.
My biggest concern is that doing our courses in any kind of online fashion
would not really meet our mission in an effective way. Ours (as it is
understood by me - we're still working on it) is pretty stringent about
bringing students into the wilderness. But even for institutions without
such a stringent demand, how to do you expect to meet the educational goals
of a field course? I'm having trouble seeing how that would give students
the experience they are signed up for. Thoughts?
Jesse
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:03 PM John Dighton <dighton at njaes.rutgers.edu>
wrote:
Good wishes to you all and keep safe.
We at the Pinelands Field Station are still open to the very very few
people that we have doing projects, despite the rest of the university with
on-line teaching only. We wait to hear if a couple of foreign student are
likely to get here for the summer, but with my retirement at the end of
August we will have a very sleepy summer.
Best
John
John Dighton
Rutgers Pinelands Field Station
DEENR, SEBS and Biology, Camden
PO Box 206, 501 Four Mile Road
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
609-894-8849
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obfs-mail-list-request at ucdavis.edu> on behalf of Marcie Demmy Bidwell <
marcie at mountainstudies.org>
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2020 11:20 AM
*To:* Sargent, R C. <csargent at email.uky.edu>; Brett Biebuyck <
babiebuyck at alaska.edu>; Ian Billick <ibillick at rmbl.org>;
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*Subject:* RE: [obfs-mail-list] RE: what does field research in the summer
of coronavirus look like?
Ian,
Sending our support and thoughts your way in Crested Butte- this is a big
challenge for our remote communities, and you are one of the first to show
up on the radar as having COVID.
For all of us in remote places, best wishes and care!
All,
Here in Silverton, CO our little community of 600 is being very cautious,
as the Bird Flu rocked our town in 1918. Therefore outside visitors to the
area are highly discouraged by the local government, and we are respecting
their wishes. We are currently anticipating that it will be June before
those opinions change, but definitely “wait and see” as they just have
begun testing in our area.
With our local staff, we are continuing to conduct field work with
appropriate caution/social distancing; but at this time of year,
monitoring is fairly limited in winter. Our local Emergency Response team
has asked that all backcountry travel be limited to essential business
only. They consider us to be essential due to the nature of our water
quality monitoring work, but it was really good for us to check in with the
Response Team, so they were good with our activities.
All the best!
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obfs-mail-list-request at ucdavis.edu> *On Behalf Of *Sargent, R C.
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:03 AM
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*Subject:* Re: [obfs-mail-list] RE: what does field research in the summer
of coronavirus look like?
Hi All,
Here at UK's EREC field station in Lexington, we're under UK policy, which
is to be closed to all nonessential personnel for the rest of the semester.
Those who have to take care of research animals or plants may continue to
do so, but we're not allowed to do experiments on campus or at off-campus
sites owned by UK. So we are basically closed for the foreseeable future.
Cheers,
Craig
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*Subject:* Re: [obfs-mail-list] RE: what does field research in the summer
of coronavirus look like?
Toolik Field Station (fairly remote station) has closed its doors to all
outside visitors until July. We worked on various scenarios to isolate
(for 14 days) and test visitors in Fairbanks before taking the trip to
Toolik, but in the end none of them were feasible. Plus encouraging all of
that travel at this time seemed like a poor route to go, and we surely do
not want to be a vector for the virus into rural Alaska. What we are
attempting to do now is as quickly as possible get a core staff team in
place at the station to protect and maintain the infrastructure and assets,
but also provide as much "remote access" to projects as possible. Remote
access could include taking samples, measurements, maintaining project
instruments and the like. It obviously won't replace a project's field
season, but it will be something. Once we have this staff in place at the
station they will be isolated there until July, with only supply runs under
very strict and sterile controls. It's a pretty aggressive move, but I
think the reality for us was that if we didn't have something pretty
fail-proof in place soon a total closure would be much more likely.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:32 AM Nagy, Eric S (esn8n) <esn8n at virginia.edu>
wrote:
*Mountain Lake Biological Station* is closed at least until May 1. But we
are permitting access to field sites for in-progress research programs, but
buildings are locked. Staff still have access (to a deserted facility). We
are waiting on UVA guidance with respect to summer programs (classes, REU,
workshops, ArtLab, lab operations, other formal and informal programs). I
am not hopeful. Our posted statement: mlbs.org/mlbs-statement-covid-19
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obfs-mail-list-request at ucdavis.edu> *On Behalf Of *Ian Billick
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:18 AM
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*Subject:* [obfs-mail-list] what does field research in the summer of
coronavirus look like?
Hello everybody! I hope everybody is staying healthy and sane!
I’m curious to know how different field stations are thinking about this
summer. Are you in wait and see mode? Shutting down? Business as normal?
Innovative ideas on supporting remote research that you are willing to
share? Have you surveyed scientists about the summer? If so, are you
willing to share the survey or results?
The community that RMBL is embedded in is under very strict restrictions.
We’ve had about 50 positive tests (county of 15,000) with about 500
positive self-reports (so far, about half of people with results have
tested positive). We have closed non-essential businesses (though liquor
stores and recreational MJ dispensaries are considered essential) and they
are asking everybody to stay away. It is unclear how long this will/can go
on, but I’m curious to hear about what others are seeing at their field
stations!
Best wishes----
Ian Billick, PhD
Executive Director/RMBL
PO 519, Crested Butte, CO 81224
970 349 6669
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