e-learning at OEPA

Welcome to the on-line course site for learning about Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) surface water assessment protocols. For best results view all pages using a Firefox web browser. This can be downloaded for free here. The headings at the top of each page will direct you to more information about each site component.

 Biomonitoring

• Learn about biomonitoring.
  

OEPA Volunteer Monitoring Site - Sakai

• Learn how to log onto and use Sakai, the Collaborative Learning Environment which hosts this training site. 
  
• Learn how to log onto the OEPA Volunteer Monitoring Program.
  

ISLS student Joel Hawksley working diligently on a computer

Photo: Igniting Streams of Learning in Science 2007 by Theodore Roosevelt High School-Kent, Protocols and Data Submission by Berkshire High School, Ohio)

Protocols

• Learn basic information about individual OEPA surface water monitoring protocols.

ISLS student Gabe Rizzo sampling water chemistry

Photo: Igniting Streams of Learning in Science 2007 by Berkshire High School

Data submission

• Learn how to submit data to the OEPA.

Data being recorded into a field notebook

Photo: Igniting Streams of Learning in Science 2007 by Berkshire High School, Ohio

We welcome feedback about the training site in general and on specific modules within the site 

Index of Acronyms

THIS WEBSITE IS SMART PHONE USER FRIENDLY.  If you have access to the internet via satellite or wireless internet, you can view individual pages and internal links directly on your smart phone while in the field.

The site was developed through a grant to Hiram College from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF), the OEPA Office that works to enhance public awareness and understanding of issues affecting environmental quality.

Primary Investigator - Dennis J. Taylor, Professor of Biology

2007 OEEF Hiram College Interns - Katherine Eppley, Jeremy Miller,  Joe Moeller, Tim Pratt, Garrett Rauckhorst, and Steve Shaak

OEPA Advisors - Paul Anderson, Robert Davic, Dan Dudley, Jeff Reynolds, and Steve Tuckerman

Scientific Consultant - J.B. Heiser, Cornell University

E-learning Consultant - Sheryl Hanson, Ohio Learning Network

Beta Testing and revisions were made possible through participation of the Igniting Streams of Learning in Science STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academy in 2007 and 2008 funded by the Ohio Board of Regents STEM and Foreign Language Academies

Garrett Rauckhorst & Dennis Taylor

taylordj at hiram.edu

last updated 1 August 2008