Darling Marine Center, Summer 2007

Course Evaluation: Application of Remote and In-situ Ocean Optical Measurements to Ocean Biogeochemistry

1. Did this course meet your objectives:

for your short term goals?

for your long term goals?

2. Did you work as hard, harder, or not as hard as you had expected to work?

3. Did you learn as much, more, or less than you had expected?

4. If you could turn back the clock, would you still choose to take this course? Would you recommend it to a colleague? Why or why not?

5. Please comment on the balance among the course elements and how well these elements were integrated. Course elements included:

A. Lectures

B. Organized lab sessions

C. Data synthesis, review and sharing sessions for the organized labs

D. Field data collection

E. Hydrolight

F. Other models

Please consider:

a--Which elements did you find the most useful to your learning?

b-- Which elements would you emphasize more?

c--Which elements would you de-emphasize or delete?

d--What has been left out of the course that you think should be included in the future?

6. Can you suggest alternative ways to integrate material taught in the class?

7. Any additional comments on the course as a whole?

8. The Darling Marine Center – comments, suggestions

Laboratory / Lecture space

Mitchell Laboratory

MJP Lab

Food

Dormitory facilities

Do you have any other specific comments about the Center?

For example, what are the features of the DMC that enhanced your learning experience?

What aspects need improvement?


9. Specific comments on individual instructors:

Emmanuel Boss

Collin Roesler

Mary Jane Perry

Mike Sauer

Wayne Slade

Curt Mobley

10. Feedback requested by Curt Mobley on Hydrolight

What features would you like to see in the next version of Hydrolight?

Other Hydrolight-related comments: