Well-developed Google Sheet with online eco/evo teaching resources
ADDITIONAL LINKS TO ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES
Below are some resources I have developed for my courses that I feel may be helpful to faculty scrambling to develop online-compatible content. Feel free to use if these are helpful to you in any way. Disclaimer - I did not design any of these to be open resources per se, but they have been vetted through many semesters of use. I imagine there are lingering typos, possibly some errors, and certainly better ways of doing things. Still, you should find them 'good enough'.
Most materials are quantitative labs for graduate and undergraduates designed to learn principles in population ecology, quantitative methods, and mark-recapture estimation. I've designed the labs to be fairly stand-alone, and while I normally deliver them in an in-class setting, they also should work fairly well remotely. In my labs the students work at their own pace and I am largely there to facilitate questions as they go. All required software (other than Microsoft Products) are free including Program MARK, R, and RStudio.
I also have an ~1-hour recorded seminar on the ecology of spruce grouse, which includes some discussion of disturbance dynamics (fire and commercial forest practices) and results of our research on spruce grouse population ecology in northern Maine. There is also a technical written report that goes along with it (written for a different audience, so less emphasis on fire). I imagine this could be useful fodder for any classes that focus on basic wildlife management, forest ecology, ornithology, etc.
ADDITIONAL LINKS TO ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES
Below are some resources I have developed for my courses that I feel may be helpful to faculty scrambling to develop online-compatible content. Feel free to use if these are helpful to you in any way. Disclaimer - I did not design any of these to be open resources per se, but they have been vetted through many semesters of use. I imagine there are lingering typos, possibly some errors, and certainly better ways of doing things. Still, you should find them 'good enough'.
Most materials are quantitative labs for graduate and undergraduates designed to learn principles in population ecology, quantitative methods, and mark-recapture estimation. I've designed the labs to be fairly stand-alone, and while I normally deliver them in an in-class setting, they also should work fairly well remotely. In my labs the students work at their own pace and I am largely there to facilitate questions as they go. All required software (other than Microsoft Products) are free including Program MARK, R, and RStudio.
I also have an ~1-hour recorded seminar on the ecology of spruce grouse, which includes some discussion of disturbance dynamics (fire and commercial forest practices) and results of our research on spruce grouse population ecology in northern Maine. There is also a technical written report that goes along with it (written for a different audience, so less emphasis on fire). I imagine this could be useful fodder for any classes that focus on basic wildlife management, forest ecology, ornithology, etc.
Undergraduate population ecology lab
Class syllabus - Provided largely for context but does include a listing of optional (and free online) readings to go along with each lab.
Course lab manual - pdf version
Course lab manual - word document of lab manual (feel free to modify if you like)
Data Files - zipped folder of necessary data files to complete labs and assignments
Course lab manual - pdf version
Course lab manual - word document of lab manual (feel free to modify if you like)
Data Files - zipped folder of necessary data files to complete labs and assignments
Graduate Mark/Recapture
Syllabus
Google Drive Folder with content
Includes pdf's of lab handouts and for R-based labs R-Studio scripts with code, plus data files, homework data files, and keys to homeworks. These materials are a bit less well-developed than my undergrad materials above, but you should still find them to be comprehensive and fairly stand-alone.
Google Drive Folder with content
Includes pdf's of lab handouts and for R-based labs R-Studio scripts with code, plus data files, homework data files, and keys to homeworks. These materials are a bit less well-developed than my undergrad materials above, but you should still find them to be comprehensive and fairly stand-alone.
Learning R Tutorials |
Google Drive Folder Link
There are many great resources out there to learn R. These are the materials (RStudio Script + Data Files) I have been using to teach the basics to senior undergrads working on independent research. Another very good option is the R For Fledglings tutorials from the folks at the Vermont Coop Unit.
There are many great resources out there to learn R. These are the materials (RStudio Script + Data Files) I have been using to teach the basics to senior undergrads working on independent research. Another very good option is the R For Fledglings tutorials from the folks at the Vermont Coop Unit.
