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Friendly reminder that applications close November 20th for the <span style="font-weight: 700;">
free, online</span> course <span style="font-weight: 700;">Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
</span>taking place December 16-19 (Monday-Thursday).</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Apply at: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9" id="OWA131aa756-cd85-c85b-33e9-5da45638d16d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This course is focused on public participation in science as it relates to digitization and research using biodiversity specimens. Public participation in science is sometimes referred to as citizen science, community science,
or crowdsourcing. For more information on learning objectives, see the course tile at
</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://digitizationacademy.org/courses" id="OWA1caf7765-be5b-deee-277b-1261ffb16aef" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://digitizationacademy.org/courses</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as student technicians, collections managers, curators, affiliated educators, or administrators. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">The course will occur from December 16–19 (Monday–Thursday) between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm Eastern.</span> Participants can expect to spend three hours per day in synchronous meetings and as much as two additional hours of preparation
time per day outside class. So this is about a 20-hour time commitment. </div>
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The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the U.S. may apply.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9" id="OWAe131e96c-a4dc-6ac6-e25b-c115c57367f2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Applications</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;"> are
due by 10:00 am ET on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Questions can be directed to Kalina Jakymec (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:kjakymec@fsu.edu" id="OWA2b5fc47e-b573-af0c-86d2-6bdfc7c56eeb" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">kjakymec@fsu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">;
iDigBio’s Workforce Development Manager) and Austin Mast (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:amast@fsu.edu" id="OWA4157496a-7c88-98cd-2ac5-ae92947c2229" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">amast@fsu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">;
Director of iDigBio’s Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science Domain).</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. Thanks! </span></div>
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<i>Kalina Jakymec</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><i>iDigBio </i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Workforce Development Manager</i></span></div>
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