[Nhcoll-l] Free Online Course & Newly Enhanced Digitization Academy Website

[Kalina Jakymec]

Hello!

Applications are now open for the Digitization Academy’s free, online course Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections<https://digitizationacademy.org/course/public-participation-in-digitization-of-biodiversity-collections>, taking place from December 15 to 18, 2025 (Monday to Thursday). This is the third offering of this course, which explores strategies for engaging the public in collections digitization projects.

We’re also excited to announce our newly redesigned Digitization Academy website! The enhanced site provides new ways to connect with our courses. Each of our digitization-focused courses now has a dedicated page featuring objectives, a sample syllabus, and details of the experts who contribute to our panels.

Learn more and apply at the all new digtizationacademy.org<https://digitizationacademy.org/>!

Please consider sharing this announcement with others who may be interested.

Best regards,
Kalina + the Digitization Academy Team

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Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
Course application: https://forms.gle/GPTeyCs722x2WKh76
Course page: https://digitizationacademy.org/course/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 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 15–18 (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.


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