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RAPID: Collaborative Research: Increased access to infrastructure for distance education in hydrologic science

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden shift to online teaching for most universities in the United States, and many globally. With little time to prepare, water resource and hydrology professors and lecturers must generate online content rapidly for at least the spring and summer semesters of 2020, with an increasing possibility this format will extend into the fall 2020 term. At the same time, there is large variation in access to and preparation for online delivery among institutions and individual faculty. In the hydrologic sciences, we expect preparation for the transition to online instruction and the resultant learning to vary based on program size, institution, instructor experience, and availability of instructional support. Taken together, there is a significant risk that hydrologic instruction will divide into ?haves? and ?have nots? as a result of these critical differences. Equal access to critical support and instructional resources during the transition from traditional to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to closing this gap and providing equal access to high quality instruction in the hydrologic sciences. Thus, our goal is to enable access to educational infrastructure and training for instructors, and ultimately students, in the hydrologic sciences in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Status: Current

PI: Matthew Ross

Source of Funding: NSF

Funding Program: Education and Human Resources, Hydrologic Sciences, XC-Crosscutting Activities Pro

Award Amount: $20,552.00

Start Date: 05/15/2020

End Date: 04/30/2021

Link for more information: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2028778&HistoricalAwards=false