Virtual and remote hands-on undergraduate research in plankton ecology during the 2020 pandemic: Covid-19 can’t stop this!
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
3-1-2021
Abstract
The pandemic has had innumerable impacts on the oceanographic com-munity, including on summer research internship programs that expose undergraduates to diverse career paths in oceanography while immersed in an active laboratory. For many students, these internships are formative in their career choices. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography (SURFO) at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs that proceeded remotely during the summer of 2020. Here, we highlight one project that, although remote, maintained a hands-on research experience focused on quantitative skill building. The pandemic forced the REU advisors to identify key learning goals and ensure their safe delivery, given the cir-cumstances. Although all participants agreed that in-person instruction would have been preferable, we were pleased that we did not let a virus halt essential oceanographic research training.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Oceanography
Volume
34
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Marrec, Pierre, Andria Miller, Lucie Maranda, and Susanne Menden-Deuer. "Virtual and remote hands-on undergraduate research in plankton ecology during the 2020 pandemic: Covid-19 can’t stop this!." Oceanography 34, 1 (2021). doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2021.104.