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).