E&O Working Group

Overview of the Education and Outreach Working Group

The E&O Working Group currently consists of 12 members from iDigBio (University of Florida and Florida State University), and 27 external members from TCNs and other projects.

Mission & Scope

This working group will:

• Coordinate Education and Outreach activities among iDigBio, TCNs, and other partnering projects
• Share E&O  related resources, tools, and training with the ADBC community and beyond
• Develop E&O  activities of interest to the HUB and TCNs
• Plan for and implement those activities

Members

From TCNs & Other Partnering Projects

• Tracy Barbaro, Harvard University
• Amy Bolton, Smithsonian Institute
• Ed Scholes, Cornell University
• Barbara Thiers, New York Botanical Garden
• Zack Murrell, Appalachian State University
• Jon Hendricks, Cornell University
• Katja Seltmann
• Liz Shea, Delaware Museum of Natural History
• Petra Sierwald, The Field Museum
• Richard Primack, Boston University
• Mike Denslow, Appalachian State University
• Anne Basham, Arizona State University
• Travis Marsico, Arkansas State University
• Andrea Weeks, George Mason University
• Andrea Miller, The Morton Arboretum
• Andrew Hipp, The Morton Arboretum
• Rosemary Smith, Idaho State University
• Marc Cubeta, North Carolina State University
• Marie Studer, Encyclopedia of Life
• Fang Wang, Florida State University
• Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University
• Esther Jackson, New York Botanical Garden
• Charlie Zimmerman, New York Botanical Garden
• Lisa White, University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Cindy Skema, University of Pennsylvannia
• Abigail Benson U.S. Geological Survey
• Teresa Mourad, Ecological Society of America
• Natalie Howe, Southern New Hampshire University
• Polly Root Sturgeon, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University

From iDigBio

• Molly Phillips, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Bruce MacFadden, Florida Museum of Natural History
• David Jennings, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Marcia Mardis, Florida State University
• Shari Ellis, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Libby Ellwood
• Austin Mast, Florida State University
• Gil Nelson, Florida State University
• Betty Dunckel, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Shelley James, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Jillian Goodwin, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Randal Singer, Florida Museum of Natural History
• Deb Paul, Florida State University
• Richard Garand, University of FLorida

E&O WG Meetings

The E&O WG will meet Biannually to communicate activities across projects, and plan for, and implement E&O  activities of interest to the HUB and TCNs

E&O WG Meeting Minutes

• Minutes from the April 2017 Meeting
• Minutes from February 2016 Meeting
• Minutes from September 2015 Meeting

• E&O WG notes 20 August 2013

Summit V E&O WG Discussion Session (November 2015)

• E&O WG notes
• ADBC Audience Matrix updated to include additional audiences and activities that were talked about during discussion.
• Discussion slides
• E&O WG Poster

E&O Webinar Series

The purpose of the series is to share resources, tools, and expertise centered on E&O activities for ADBC partners and the collections community. The series will begin with 6-8 webinars in 2016.

All webinars will be held at 12 pm EDT unless otherwise stated in the calendar event. All webinars will use the Adobe Connect Room: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/eo New to Adobe Connect? Check out iDigBio's Quick Start Guide.

2018 Webinars

The iDigBio E&O Working Group has joined forces with BLUE, BCoN, and SCNet on a series called "Moving the Needle: Broadening Participation in the Biodiversity Sciences" Find out more about the series and keep up to date on the upcoming webinars here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/moving-needle-broadening-participation-biodiversity-sciences

2017 Webinars

• "How to Design a Great Storytelling Project: Insights from NPR Training" Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET with Serri Graslie a Sr. Digital Strategist on NPR’s Training Team.
  • Serri Graslie Webinar Recording
  • Serri Graslie Webinar Notes & Chat

Fall 2016

The E&O Working group is collaborating with the Small Collections Network and BLUE (Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education) for the fall webinar series. Webinars will be once a month in the SCNet room on Wednesdays at 3:00 pm ET.

Schedule

• September 21, 2016 Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community with Anna Monfils from Central Michigan University
  • September 21, 2016 Recording
  • September 21, 2016 Webinar Chat

• October 12, 2016 Isn’t that Spatial? Discover how to geo-enable your research and teaching with today’s interactive web mapping tools Joseph J. Kerski from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
  • October 12, 2016 Recording
  • Joseph's Presentation
  • File:Chat Oct 12.pdf

• November 16, 2016 Phylogenetic diversity comparison among Nebraska counties: example of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) Roxi Kellar from University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • November 16, 2016 Recording

• December 14, 2016 Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers Sam Donovan from University of Pittsburgh
  • December 14, 2016 Recording

Spring 2016 Schedule

• February 17, 2016: "Make the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event an Exciting Part of your Institution’s Education and Outreach Activities" with Austin Mast (FSU Associate Professor), Libby Ellwood (FSU Post-Doctoral Researcher), and Paul Kimberly (NMNH Digitization Manager)
  • February 17, 2016 Recording
  • February 17, 2016 archived chat
• February 24, 2016: "Social Media and Telepresence to Engage the Public" with Randal Singer (University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History)
  • February 24, 2016 Recording
  • February 24, 2016 archived chat
• March 23, 2016: "iPlant's DNA Subway" with Jason Williams (CYVERSE)
  • March 23, 2016 Recording
  • CYVERSE Slides
• April 13, 2016: "The BrainScoop: Insight into Using Videos as Engaging Outreach Tools" with Emily Graslie (The Field Museum)
  • April 13, 2016 Recording
  • April 13, 2016 chat archive
• May 18, 2016 "Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections" with Erica Krimmel (Chicago Academy of Sciences, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum) and Travis Marisco (Arkansas State University)
  • May 18, 2016 Recording
  • May 18, 2016 chat archive
• June 15, 2016 "A Small-Collections On-Ramp for Participation in the 2016 Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event" with Austin Mast and Libby Ellwood (Florida State University, iDigBio)
  • June 15, 2016 Recording
  • June 15, 2016 chat archive

• Proposed Webinar Topics -- working list

Past E&O  Workshops

Building Collections-Based Curricula for the High School Classroom

• Date: Three day workshop the week of July 9th, 2018
• Location: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Workshop Wiki

Incorporating K-12 Outreach into Digitized Collections Programs

• Monday, December 05, 2016 (All day) to Tuesday, December 06, 2016 (All day) Location: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (http://qrius.si.edu/) Washington, D.C.
  • Workshop Wiki with agenda, attendees, resources and more

Resources for Collections-Based Undergraduate Education

• Scheduled for May 24-25, 2017, in Gainesville, FL
  • Workshop Wiki

E&O  Workshop, 16-17 January 2014

• Workshop Agenda, Recordings, and Summary

Resources

• Educational & Outreach Resources
• Marketing and PR Resources