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Cultivating Bioliteracy, Biodiscovery, Data Literacy, and Ecological Monitoring in Undergraduate Courses with iNaturalist
Colleen Hitchcock,Jon Sullivan,Kelly O’Donnell +2 more
- Vol. 6, Iss: 1, pp 26
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The article was published on 2021-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Data literacy.read more
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Peer-Producing a Common Knowledge Resource for Personal Science
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigate how citizen science projects implement peer production characteristics by creating a working model from literature and applying it to case studies; and how to enable the peer production of knowledge in the personal science community by engaging in a participatory design approach with the community.
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It Turned into a Bioblitz: Urban Data Collection for Building Scientific Literacy and Environmental Connection
TL;DR: In 2013, Macaulay Honors College redesigned its required science curriculum to focus on scientific literacy skills rather than content as discussed by the authors , and included a data collection event, BioBlitz, to provide students with the basis for their own semester-long research projects.
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