Open Science Network in Ethnobiology

Task Teams

In the original proposal submitted to NSF, the following breakdown of responsiblities were suggested.  Please review and add your suggestions regarding the teams needed to complete the project.

(from proposal)  The Core Participant group will be organized into eight development teams that are able to make best use of the opportunities, skills, and interests of the participants.  Each team will be responsible for one aspect of the network function, but most team members will take part in the evaluation of curricula. Curriculum modules provide a standard for submission of lesson plans, references, visuals, integration of technology for data gathering, and assessment.  Module evaluations will employ rubrics and other assessment tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the network system.  Teams will include:

• Primary information distribution: Primary information is curriculum content that is well-organized and ready for evaluation at other sites. This team will organize mechanisms for using the Internet to distribute content within the Network and deliver curriculum to courses. All of this will take place as part of an open-access system.
• Primary information distribution evaluation: A team will evaluate effectiveness of the Internet system for delivery of content to various types of users and make recommendations for improvements.
• Secondary information distribution: Secondary information is content and curricula that are considered "work in progress." This team will organize a confidential weblog structure and other mechanisms for distribution of lessons learned and reported by individual users of the Network. This team will also develop tools for the use of educators where confidentiality is required by users of curriculum.
• Secondary information evaluation: A team will evaluate the process by which the weblog and other mechanisms that are developed are functioning.
• Curriculum module production: A team will organize curriculum already developed by the participants and prioritize which elements should be developed into new on-line learning modules.
• Curriculum module evaluation: A team will evaluate the delivery of the on-line modules, the content, and the creativity but not the effectiveness.
• Module evaluation production: A team will organize learning and teaching success rubrics for each learning module to serve as measures of success. A variety of pre- and post- measures should be developed beyond examinations that reflect the creativity of ethnobiology (cultural and biological diversity).
• Module evaluation evaluation: The term 'evaluation evaluation' literally means assessment of the evaluation system. A team will evaluate rubrics and measures of outcomes in order to improve learning and teaching success.

Additional Task Teams:

• Ethnographic study of core network to define the needs of the system
• Network assessment team to set benchmarks for network development and assessing the effectiveness of networking activities

Yes, this does make sense. It also makes sense that someone with a super outgoing personality should take the lead on it. Say, JEANINE! Know anyone like that?! 

One thing that we will need to do somewhere is to have a little checklist of what to do as new members join. For example as they join they need to be raised to administrators so that they can make the changes they need to do within the site and so that we don't develop a two class system.