[Nhcoll-l] Applications open: Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections course, (Dec. 16-19)

[Kalina Jakymec]

Hi again, all -

A minor correction to my last email re: title of the course below the break...

Applications are now open Digitization Academy course Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections taking place December 16-19 (Monday-Thursday).

Apply at: https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9

This course is focused on public participation in science (sometimes called citizen science) as it relates to digitization and research using biodiversity specimens.

See below for more information and a link to the application!

Please consider sharing this announcement with others who may benefit from it.

Best regards,
Kalina

Kalina Jakymec
iDigBio Workforce Development Manager
Florida State University
digitizationacademy.org | idigbio.org

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Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
Apply at: https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9

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 participation introduces to a digitization project at a biodiversity collection, including ethical and legal factors, (2) design a public participation in digitization project, including budgeting and risk management, (3) identify, evaluate, and use tools and online platforms in a public participation 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 participation 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 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 16–19 (Monday–Thursday) between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm Eastern. 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.
The course will be delivered in English. Those interested in participating from outside the US are welcome to apply.
Applications<https://forms.gle/u2anwVHChKsPQoZA9> are due by 10:00 am ET on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
Questions can be directed to Kalina Jakymec (kjakymec at fsu.edu<mailto:kjakymec at fsu.edu>; iDigBio’s Workforce Development Manager) and Austin Mast (amast at fsu.edu<mailto:amast at fsu.edu>; Director of iDigBio’s Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science Domain).
Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might benefit from it. Thanks!

The Digitization Academy is funded by <https://www.idigbio.org/> iDigBio<https://www.idigbio.org/> and Florida State University's <https://idiginfo.org/> Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication<https://idiginfo.org/>.  iDigBio is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation [DBI-1115210 (2011-2018), DBI-1547229 (2016-2022), & DBI-2027654 (2021-2026)]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.



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