Open Educational Resource Exercises for Fisheries Classes

Gary D. Grossman; Bryan B. Bozeman; Ridge W. Sliger; Troy N. Simon; George I. Matsumoto

doi:10.1002/fsh.10529

Open Educational Resource Exercises for Fisheries Classes

Gary D. Grossman, Bryan B. Bozeman, Ridge W. Sliger, Troy N. Simon, George I. Matsumoto

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Abstract

Open Educational Resources (OERs) represent any form of educational resource that is available free of charge. Few OERs exist for courses in fisheries or other life science courses, and the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic only exacerbates the need for such resources. To rectify this shortcoming, we build on earlier work (Grossman and Chernoff 2018) and present four OERs designed for fisheries classes. The OERs may be used as described or may be modified for different class levels by varying their complexity and outcomes. The OERs examine behavioral repertoires and time budgets of Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus, factors affecting winners and losers of intraspecific interactions in interior Dolly Varden Charr Salvelinus malma, the effects of velocity on foraging success of Brook Trout S. fontinalis, and an exploration of animal abundance and spatial distributions in a soft-bottom habitat at 875m depth in Monterey Bay, California. We also provide a grading rubric for the first exercise that is easily modified for the other exercises. These exercises should aid fisheries instructors in a time when remote pedagogy may be a necessity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-80
Number of pages	5
Journal	Fisheries
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10529
State	Published - Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

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We would like to thank the friends, family, and students who aided development of these exercises. We also thank Linda Kuhnz for providing species identifications for the marine benthic transect. This manuscript benefitted from comments by J. Byars, M. Hamel, T. Sutton, J. Wares, and an anonymous reviewer. This project was funded via grants from the Education Section of the American Fisheries Society (2018 Project: Development of active learning open educational resources for fisheries classes.), the USDA Forest Service McIntire–Stennis program (GEO-00196-MS), and the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. We would like to thank the friends, family, and students who aided development of these exercises. We also thank Linda Kuhnz for providing species identifications for the marine benthic transect. This manuscript benefitted from comments by J. Byars, M. Hamel, T. Sutton, J. Wares, and an anonymous reviewer. This project was funded via grants from the Education Section of the American Fisheries Society (2018 Project: Development of active learning open educational resources for fisheries classes.), the USDA Forest Service McIntire–Stennis program (GEO‐00196‐MS), and the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

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American Fisheries Society
USDA Forest Service McIntire	GEO-00196-MS

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