Open Science Network in Ethnobiology
The Open Science Network brings together an array of courses and curricula already being used to teach ethnobiology.
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Created: Mar 04, 2009
Updated: Nov 24, 2009
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Topic: Criteria for Selecting Participants for Travel Awards to 2010 meeting
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Here are some tasks that could be used to evaluate potential participants for the meetings in Xalapa: 1. Using a form that we provide, teachers and students are asked to evaluate 5 of our modules (we need to select things of similar size). The feedback needs to be both quantitative and qualitative, useful for potential users and those who produced the module. Perhaps the modules could be ranked with a 1-5 star system in several different categories. 2. People who are educators should be asked to submit one brief modual. This could even be a category of participant that we want to have come to the meeting: People who submit a module. These don't need to be done and could be as minimal as a lesson plan.... The submitters need to be aware that these will be evaluated as above. 3. Students and faculty members could also contribute by making web pages that discuss specific topics in ethnobiology and ask questions that students could try to answer. A variation on this could be production of a site that has suggested content for specific types of courses based on people's experiences working in types of jobs, e.g., what types of training does an ethnobiologist need and how does this relate to the educational process.... what should learning objectives be based on needs in the workplace? |
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These are great criteria for participants that we want to get from US / "Western" audience. However, we might need a modified evaluation procedure for colleagues / students that we might want to invite from overseas, especially Africa and Latin America. Many colleagues there are really interested in Ethnobiology, but information and training are exactly what they lack, so we could not expect them to provide modules.
Point 1 of Will's list could be included in the "task list" for overseas participants, maybe adding a specific request to indicate what is missing from thier point of view, i.e. how the modules could be more adaptable to their needs.
2. Provide an outline of the needs / ideas they have for the development of en ethnobiology curriculum at thier institution
3. I like Will's variation here - provide informatuion on what kind of questions / training are importnat in the respective setting, and link that to 1. and 2.
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We discussed setting up competition for participants who want to attend next year's meeting in Xalapa. Winners of the competition will receive travel awards and will be invested in the project before the meeting. Several areas of competition were discussed:
1) creating a logo for the project
2) submitting curriculum modules
3) evaluating the curriculum modules on our site
Questions:
What kinds of curriculum modules do we need?
How can they get involved in the evaluation process? What are the guidelines?
Other questions?