Ecology: Forecasts & Decisions in R Shiny
Ecology is a third-year lecture/laboratory undergraduate course
of ~250 students at a public R1 state university. Key
learning outcomes of the laboratory curriculum include communicating
scientific knowledge in writing, designing and implementing ecological
studies and data analyses, and conducting collaborative team science,
with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning. The instructor taughtUsing Ecological Forecasts to Guide Decision Making in the R
Shiny interface to introduce students to the emerging field of
ecological forecasting, as well as encourage them to consider
connections between sociological and ecological systems, such as how
communication of forecasts can affect resource management and therefore
water quality. For this course, the module was taught across 11 lab
sections of ~24 students each by a team of teaching
assistants in a single, 3-hour laboratory period.