[Nhcoll-l] AIBS Webinar: Resources for Online Learning

[Jyotsna Pandey]

Dear Colleague,

The NSF-funded Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education Network
(BLUE; biodiversityliteracy.com) has focused efforts on developing and
disseminating exemplary educational materials, defining core biodiversity
data literacy skills and competencies, and extending the network to engage
with communities of scientists advancing similar initiatives. The American
Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is hosting a webinar that will
showcase new resources and a course based undergraduate research exercise
for undergraduates that provides opportunities for students to directly
engage with digital data resources, facilitate data discovery and
exploration, and create inclusive and culturally relevant research
experiences.

The biodiversity sciences have experienced a rapid mobilization of data
that has increased our capacity to investigate large-scale issues of
critical importance in the 21st century (e.g., zoonotic disease
transmission, climate change and its impacts on biology, sustainable
resource management, impacts of invasive species, and biodiversity loss).
Several initiatives are underway to aggregate and mobilize these
biodiversity, environmental, and ecological data resources (iDigBio, NEON,
GBIF, iNaturalist).  Emerging initiatives such as the Extended Specimen
Network
<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=f99ef926b9&e=217f7900c3>
are forming fostering the integration of data from various sources to
answer new and complex questions. This requires a new set of skills for the
21st century biodiversity scientist, who is required to be fluent in
integrative fields spanning evolutionary biology, systematics, ecology,
geology, and environmental science and possess the quantitative,
computational, and data skills to conduct research using large and complex
datasets.


*Empowering 21st Century Learners through Biodiversity Knowledge: Resources
for Online Learning*
Location: Online
Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Presented by: The American Institute of Biological Sciences
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (this program will be recorded))
Presenter: Dr. Anna Monfils, Professor of Biology, Central Michigan
University

Registration is free, but required.  For more information about the program
and speakers and to register for the webinar, please visit:
https://www.aibs.org/events/webinar/onlineresources.html.

Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225

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