Welcome to the website for the Digital Sea Monsters Project. Here you will find information about the courses were are working on, and details on how we are migrating course content into a mobile applications for handheld computing devices.
Whales, dolphins, sea turtles and other large marine species are incredibly charismatic. These compelling species act as natural hooks to gain the interest and maintain the attention of students.
We are developing iOS applications as custom digital textbooks to deliver course content, and use these and existing apps to allow students to interact with lessons, data and readings in class and in the field.
University students increasingly interact with information through mobile electronic devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablet computers. We are developing course materials in a way that exploits rich media and mobile devices.