Abstract
Discover remote strategies and technological tools that capture the “essentials” of a traditional in-person, place-based STEM field experience.
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Acknowledgment
The CTP program is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant AISL-1612650. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The CAP program is primarily funded through private giving and leveraged with support from various university departments. Extramural support comes from an anonymous private foundation, the Goldring Family Foundation, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Connecticut. Intramural support comes from the University of Connecticut Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, the Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering, and the Institute of the Environment. We wish to thank external evaluators Dr. Joan Pasley and Dr. Keith Esch from Horizon Research, Inc. for their guidance and feedback on the CTP education programming, integrated research, and evaluation.
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Notes on contributors
Nicole Freidenfelds
Nicole Freidenfelds ([email protected]) is a Visiting Assistant Extension Educator, at the University of Connecticut – Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Laura Cisneros
Laura Cisneros is an Assistant Extension Professor, at the University of Connecticut – Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Amy Cabaniss
Amy Cabaniss is a Visiting Assistant Extension Educator, at the University of Connecticut – Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Rebecca Colby
Rebecca Colby is a Doctoral Candidate, at the University of Connecticut - Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell
Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell is a Doctoral Student, and at the University of Connecticut - Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Todd Campbell
Ankit Singh is a Doctoral Candidate, at the University of Connecticut - Natural Resources & the Environment in Storrs, Connecticut.
Chester Arnold
Todd Campbell is a Professor, at the University of Connecticut – Neag School of Education in Storrs, Connecticut.
Cary Chadwick
David Moss is an Associate Professor, and at the University of Connecticut – Neag School of Education in Storrs, Connecticut.
David Dickson
Jonathan Simmons is a Doctoral Candidate, at the University of Connecticut – Neag School of Education in Storrs, Connecticut.
David Moss
Chester Arnold is an Extension Educator, at the University of Connecticut – Center for Land Use Education & Research in Haddam, Connecticut.
Jonathan Simmons
Cary Chadwick is an Extension Educator, and at the University of Connecticut – Center for Land Use Education & Research in Haddam, Connecticut.
Ankit Singh
David Dickson is an Extension Educator, at the University of Connecticut – Center for Land Use Education & Research in Haddam, Connecticut.
John Volin
John Volin is the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Maine, Office of the Provost & School of Forest Resources in Orono, Maine.