A number of the Educational Resources are available as open educational resources on the QUBES platform. You can access the resources on QUBES individually below or find all of them compiled on QUBES here.

Inclusive Pedagogy Resources

HERE is the list of Toolkits, Papers, Discussion Techniques, Course Design,  and Strategies and Principles. This list of resources was compiled for the EFI RCN Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop held on June 7, 2021. Recordings from the presentations from the Workshop are available HERE.

Educational Resources

Ecological Forecasting Overview and Examples of Useful Courses

This 2-page pdf provides an overview of what ecological forecasting entails, the types of careers ecological forecasters have, and examples of courses undergraduate and graduate students can take to learn concepts and statistical and computational tools in preparation to learn ecological forecasting. This resource was developed for undergraduate and graduate students and to be used by academic advisors to share with their students. This living document created by the EFI Education Working Group in 2021 will be updated as needed. Email suggestions for the document to eco4cast.initiative@gmail.com. An archived version of this pdf is available as a QUBES Resource cited as:

• Sjodin, A., Haber, L., LaDeau, S., Willson, A., Lofton, M., Moore, T., Tabares-Mendoza, O., Dalbotten, D., McLachlan, J., Dietze, M., Peters, J. (2021). Ecological Forecasting Student Resource: Overview of Forecasting, Potential Careers, Helpful Courses. EFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/8VRF-WS31

Are you learning R, do you teach Biostats with R, or are you thinking of teaching Biostats with R?  Here are suggestions and infographics you can use for support. This project was led by EFI Member Olivia Tabares and the Education Working Group and is also available on QUBES.

• Olivia Tabares-Mendoza (2021). Are you learning R? Suggestions to help you as you learn.. EFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/C477-BA02
• Olivia Tabares-Mendoza (2021). Are you teaching biostatistics with R? Suggestions to help you as work with your students.. EFI-RCN: Ecological Forecasting Initiative Research Coordination Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/737B-R258

Examples of Ecological Forecasting Courses and Syllabi

Courses and Syllabuses	Instructors	Affiliation
Ecological Dynamics & Forecasting	Peter Adler	Utah State University
ESPM-288: Reproducible & Collaborative Data Science The class primarily worked through Rob Hyndman's Forecasting Principles and Practices online book.	Carl Boettiger	University of California, Berkeley
Topics In Ecological Forecasting	Cayelan Carey, Quinn Thomas	Virginia Tech
Ecological Forecasting and Informatics 2019 Ecological Forecasting and Informatics 2021	Michael Dietze	Boston University
Ecological Dynamics and Forecasting	Morgan Ernest, Ethan White	University of Florida
Topics in Statistical and Data Sciences - Ecological Forecasting	Albert Kim	Smith College
Quantitative Ecology and Evolution Ecological Forecasting Seminar Machine Learning for Ecology Data Science for Biological Research (Pre-req for the Machine Learning for Ecology course)	Brett Melbourne	University of Colorado
Ecological Forecasting and Informatics 2014 Bayesian Statistics and Biological Forecasting 2022	Jason McLachlan	University of Notre Dame
Near-Term Ecological Forecasting Initiative Short Course	NEFI team + rotating guest lecturers	BU, Cary
An Overview of Structured Decision Making - ALC3183 - Resources	Michael Runge, Sarah Converse	US Fish & Wildlife and USGS
Ecological Modeling and Forecasting	Quinn Thomas	Virginia Tech
Data Science for the Environment	Kai Zhu	University of California, Santa Cruz
Dinámica Ecológica y Predicciones (Ecological Dynamics and Predictions)	Peter Adler, Juan Manuel Morales	Utah State University, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional de Comahue