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Therefore, we concluded that the visualization of seawater properties and nutrients distribution through ODV computer software is useful to assist students understanding of introductory oceanography class. Moreover, before a thorough discussion of the ODV software, only 79.3% of students strongly agree that the software is easy to use and help them learning oceanography easier, that increased significantly to 92.7%. Before using the ODV software, only 73.3% of total students answer the question correctly and it increased to 93.3% after the treatment. The results of the study show that students’ understanding of the introductory chemical and physical oceanography was improved significantly.

An open-ended question and questionnaire were used to collect data on students understanding on salinity, temperature, density and nutrients profiles in seawater. A group consists of 30 undergraduate students of marine science study-program at University of Bengkulu was involved in this study. Two slider buttons allow you to span the ocean from its surface to the bottom. This study used the quasi-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. It allows anyone to display ocean data on a live map of the world instantly. The software that we used is Ocean Data View, abbreviated as ODV, which is proprietary yet freely available software for the analysis and visualization of oceanographic and meteorological data sets. Basic header fields must be present and labeled appropriately. Cautions & Limitations: While ODV will accept any type of profile data, ODV has strict requirments for header data import.

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The purpose of this study was to improve students understanding of introductory oceanography with the aid of a computer program. Software/Platform: Microsoft Excel, FileMaker Pro and Ocean Data View - Windows and Mac.

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