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CURRENT

Ocean Literacy Campaign

Teaching English to Non Native Speakers using ocean literacy content

Put yourself on the Great Lakes Climate Change Map

FUTURE

November 2012 IPMEN Conference and Expedition in Chile

1991-2012: Celebrating 21 years of the College of Exploration - Online CoExploratory - Details coming soon!

WEBINARS

Ocean Literacy Update 1 September 2011 recording: http://www.coexploration.org/webinar

RECENT

Online Workshop: Ocean X Factor, Life Beneath the Deep
Monday February 27 – Friday March 16 2012
Scientists from the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI)

Great Lakes Climate Change Education PartnershipAmerican Geophysical Union Annual Conference 2011
eposter of actual poster presented in person.


Climate Change in the Great Lakes Online Workshop and Focus Group November 7-25, 2011

COSEE-West Online Workshop:
Ocean Observing Systems -
From Your Eyes to Satelittes
October 31 to November 18, 2011

COSEE-West - Free Online Workshop
Monday, March 21 – Friday, April 8

“Tiny but toxic! Harmful algal blooms (HABs): The science, technology, and you!"
Learn about HABs, and the technology and methods to monitor them; and view virtual field-trips to two places:
--Marine Mammal Care Center and
--International Bird Rescue Research Center.
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NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Jan 24 - Feb. 11, 2011
How Do We Explore?
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COSEE Great Lakes
December 8-14, 2010

"COSEE Great Lakes: A review of 5 years of Science and Education Collaboration"
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COSEE-West
Evolution in the Marine Environment
Online Workshop -- Nov. 1-19, 2010
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NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Oct. 11-29, 2010
Lessons from the Deep: Exploring the Gulf of Mexico’s Deep-Sea Ecosystems

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Conceptual Mapping for Learning, Knowledge Management and Strategic Development

Systems Science Literacy Initiatives

Observing Cybernetics

Ecosystems and Adaptive Management for Learning Networks and Organizations


PARTNERSHIPS

CENTERS for OCEAN SCIENCE EDUCATION EXCELLENCE (COSEE)

Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Activities at the College of Exploration

COSEE West 2002-2012

COSEE Great Lakes 2006-2011

COSEE California 2007-2012

COSEE Coastal Trends 2007-2010


NOAA OFFICE of OCEAN EXPLORATION and RESEARCH

NOAA and College of Exploration for Children website:
My Submarine

NOAA OER Online
Professional Development Center - Info here
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National Park Service and UMCES

Hawaii Education Module Review


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The College of Exploration (TCOE) is a global learning network. We work with partners around the world on innovative and exploratory learning programs about our environment, the earth, the ocean, technology, leadership, learning and creativity.

We are organized as a collegium concerned with programs about our understanding of, and our relationships with and between, our inner and outer worlds.

The College of Exploration is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia USA as a not for profit with 501c3 status with the US Internal Revenue Service.

We co-explore with a range of partners to produce and offer educational and research programs. Since 1991 TCOE has partnered in a wide range of innovative education events - both online and on-site. We believe in co-design, co-operation and collaborative projects!

The College of Exploration strives to provide learners of all ages and backgrounds with exciting online, and onsite opportunities to actively explore the world around them as well as their own responses to the world.

Throughout the year we offer a number of special events (e.g., courses, workshops and conferences) and on-going services (e.g., strategic planning, evaluation and assessment, curriculum support for teachers, forums for students, educators and researchers) all grouped under our various programs and projects.

Our approach emphasizes the following:

  • exploration and discovery
  • a systems and cybernetics approach, holistic thinking and strategic mapping
  • earth and ocean literacy
  • the design, development and delivery of events and services that make innovative and ethical use of web-based educational technologies.
  • individual and social transformative learning and change through the systemic and systematic integration of science, arts and humanities content and processes
  • support for constructivist inquiry-based learning, collaborative learning environments and communities of practice
  • global reach and inclusion
  • co-design

Programs and Projects

OCEAN

EARTH

SYSTEMS

CLIMATE

TECHNOLOGY