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==Teaching==
==[[Teaching]]==
===Digital assessment tools===
 
As you may be aware, UiB has decided that all ordinary final exams will have to be taken electronically, practically as of now. UiB has therefore acquired a web-based software solution named "Inspera". Last week Siv Erstad (MatNat) presented the use and functionality of Inspera to us. It was apparent that Inspera is still under active development, and UiB is sending feature requests and getting continuous updates to and from the company that sells Inspera. This means that both lecturers and students are part of the testing and development process of this software solution, and it is in our interest to provide feedback to MatNat on what works, and what does not work.
 
An important, positive confirmation was that principle remains that the lecturers are largely in control of the exam form, not the software. This may be the main take-away from the meeting.
 
A second important take-away from the meeting with Siv was that Inspera allows to continue doing the same style of paper exams as we have done during the years before. The students then can choose whether they write their answers by hand, including drawings and equations, or use a form to type/typeset their answers. Typesetting equations is very slow and cumbersome, even though Latex or a formula editor can be used. It appears that we want to avoid students using this functionality, as it seems to "get in the way", they spend time on using an equation editor, rather than thinking about their answers. The answers written on paper will then be scanned by UiB and be part of a final PDF document of the entire exam, which works really well in the evaluation process afterwards. The handwriting option needs to be enabled by Elin Sletbakk, who has administrator rules. I recommend that as a general rule, you request this paper deliver option with Elin, until we and the students have more experience with using the electronic forms (only).
 
Using the Inspera tool to create questions takes some time to get used to. As a general working routine, we recommend that you formulate a complete set of the exam questions in one document (Word etc), including translation, if required, and then copy/paste to the Inspera forms. Each question goes into your own database of exam questions, that are then combined into Sections and Exams. With some practice, these exams can be made to look and feel like paper exams, and we have now some advice from Siv on how that is done in a good way.
 
Furthermore, it is possible to deliver items on paper to the students during the exams. This can be collections of equations, images or the like. Again, the lecturer remains largely in control on how the exam should be carried out.
 
While it is easy to be impressed, distracted or overwhelmed by fancy self-correcting drag-and-drop and multiple-choice question options that Inspera offers, and which appear as a major selling point, Siv is not in the role or position to provide input on the pedagogics concerning the use of such electronic means for assessment of the student's knowledge or ability. As long as we do not have good guidance on which question forms and tools work well for the students, or how to make proven good use of those, I would recommend using these options sparsingly, and allow students to test them in a safe environment before the exam. Programmstyret will work on getting some external advice on good use practices with electronic assessment from UPED.
 
Inspera will also bring some changes for the exam evaluation process. It is important to note that Inspera calculates recommended study characters based on the points that have been obtained in each questions. However, you are always free to choose another character for each student than suggested by the system. This can for example be useful when the points from additional assignments during the semester are included in the final mark. Using the marking tool in Inspera can feel clumsy, and Elin can help by exporting a csv file with all points from all questions for the students that can be used in Excel etc in a more streamlined evaluation process with your Sensors.


==Research and PhD/Postdoc Groups==
==Research and PhD/Postdoc Groups==
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===[[Physical Oceanography group]]===
===[[Physical Oceanography group]]===


==IT==
==Observations==
===[[ITAS Automatic Weather Stations]]===
===[[MRR Micro Rain Radar]]===
===[[TPS-3100 Hotplate pluviometer]]===
===[[Parsivel2 Disdrometer]]===
===[[HOBO rain gauges]]===
===[[EasyLog temperature logger]]===
===[[iMet UAV sonde package]]===
===[[Kristine Bonnevie shiplog data]]===
===[[Joining several data files with CDO and IsoFuse]]===
 
==Shared data sets==
===[[ERDDAP]]===
===[[ERA5 reanalysis data]]===
 
==IT (Hardware and Software)==
===[[The GFI computing system]]===
===[[The GFI computing system]]===
===[[Using cyclone]]===
===[[Using cyclone]]===
===[[Using modules on cyclone]]===
===[[Using modules on cyclone]]===
===[[Best practices when using cyclone]]===
===[[Bedymo]]===
===[[Bedymo]]===
===[[Dynlib]]===
===[[Dynlib]]===
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===[[Python]]===
===[[Python]]===
===[[WRF]]===
===[[WRF]]===
===[[OpenIFS]]===
===[[GFI&SKD Storage]]===
===(outdated) [[Using the queue system on skd-cyclone]]===
==IsoMet Tools==
===[[FLEXPART]]===
===[[Lagranto]]===
===[[WaterSip]]===
===[[WaterSip]]===
===[[GFI&SKD Storage]]===
===[[Flextract]]===
===[[Using the queue system on skd-cyclone]]===
===[[Joining several data files with CDO and IsoFuse|IsoFuse]]===
===[[Rayleigh model]]===
===[[FLIIMP - FARLAB liquid water isotope measurements processor]]===
===[[FaVaCal - FARLAB water vapour isotope calibration processor]]===


==Social Activities and Groups==
==Social Activities and Groups==

Revision as of 14:55, 19 January 2022

Geophysical Institute

GFI.jpg

Teaching

Research and PhD/Postdoc Groups

Meteorology

ResClim Bergen subgroup

Physical Oceanography group

Observations

ITAS Automatic Weather Stations

MRR Micro Rain Radar

TPS-3100 Hotplate pluviometer

Parsivel2 Disdrometer

HOBO rain gauges

EasyLog temperature logger

iMet UAV sonde package

Kristine Bonnevie shiplog data

Joining several data files with CDO and IsoFuse

Shared data sets

ERDDAP

ERA5 reanalysis data

IT (Hardware and Software)

The GFI computing system

Using cyclone

Using modules on cyclone

Best practices when using cyclone

Bedymo

Dynlib

Forecast plotting

Git

NCL

Python

WRF

OpenIFS

GFI&SKD Storage

(outdated) Using the queue system on skd-cyclone

IsoMet Tools

FLEXPART

Lagranto

WaterSip

Flextract

IsoFuse

Rayleigh model

FLIIMP - FARLAB liquid water isotope measurements processor

FaVaCal - FARLAB water vapour isotope calibration processor

Social Activities and Groups

Football

Gale Brewing Club

Geosupen

GFI-social

Kakeklubben

Music

PhD Forum

Schafkopf

Volleyball