[Nhcoll-l] New iDigBio Digitization Academy Course: Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (Dec 6–9)

[Michael Denslow]

We are excited to introduce the next professional development opportunity
offered by the iDigBio Digitization Academy: Public Participation in
Digitization of Biodiversity Collections.

This free, online 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.

The aim of the course is to empower participants with the knowledge and
skills to successfully (1) identify and address the opportunities and
additional complexity that public engagement introduces to a digitization
project at a biodiversity collection, including ethical and legal factors,
(2) design a public engagement in digitization project, including budgeting
and risk management, (3) identify, evaluate, and use tools and online
platforms in a public engagement in digitization workflow, (4) identify and
implement quality management strategies, (5) identify common participant
motivations and strategies to recruit and engage participants in a project,
including events, games, and online forums, (6) and perform evaluation of a
public engagement in digitization project.

This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity
collection, such as student technicians, collections managers, curators,
affiliated educators, or administrators. The course will be relevant to a
diversity of collection types. Participants do not need to have prior
knowledge of public participation in science, only a desire to use it as
part of their future research or digitization activities.

The course will occur from December 6–9 (Monday–Thursday) from 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. 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 of class. So this is about a
20-hour time commitment. We expect to cap the course at 20 participants and
will make admission decisions based on the relevance of the training to the
future of the applicant’s organization and a desire to engage a diversity
of perspectives. The course will be delivered in English. Those interested
in participating from outside the US are welcome to apply.

You may apply to participate in this course at:
https://forms.gle/avUwqtCDTcU9i5DU6 Applications are due by 8 a.m. ET on
Monday, November 15. Admissions decisions will be made by November 17.
Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Michael
Denslow at michael.denslow at gmail.com. This course is brought to you by
iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org) and will be taught by Michael Denslow,
Erica Krimmel, and Austin Mast.

Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit
from it. Thanks!

With best regards,

Austin Mast, Erica Krimmel, and Michael Denslow
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