Instructional Information and Accessibility
As noted above, all materials for teaching this module are publicly available. The teaching materials (introductory lecture, introduction to R Shiny guide, pre-module student handout, and instructor’s manual) are archived in the Environmental Data Initiative repository (Woelmer et al. 2022a). The R Shiny application code is archived in the Zenodo repository (Woelmer et al. 2022b) and can be accessed at http://module8.MacrosystemsEDDIE.org. To access the R Shiny application, students only need an internet connection and a web browser. For students without consistent access to an internet connection, the R Shiny code can be downloaded from Zenodo (Woelmer et al. 2022b) and run locally on a computer using R and RStudio software.
Macrosystems EDDIE Module 8 is designed to be taught either in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid modality. The Instructor’s Manual includes instructions on best practices for facilitating the module in each modality. For example, we recommend using Zoom breakout rooms with four students per room (two pairs of students) if teaching virtually, or having students sit together in pairs if teaching in-person.
To increase accessibility for users, the module includes alternative (alt) text descriptions of all images. In addition, text throughout the module was adjusted to have sufficient levels of contrast for improved readability, following Moore et al. (2022a).