The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL, www.eol.org ) is a global collaboration among scientists and the general public to make authoritative information and literature about all 1.9 million named species freely accessible online.
The EOL team has begun a focused effort to assemble rich content for taxa of particular public interest (http://eol.org/info/priority_taxa_on_eol ). We remain committed to bringing you information on all organisms, but need to do our best to serve the information most in demand from our visitors as soon as possible. We are reaching out to faculty that teach higher level courses, about the opportunity of having undergraduate and graduate students research and synthesize information about species on EOLs high priority taxa list and then summarize this information in an overview suitable for the general public. Faculties are responsible for reviewing student work. The EOL Learning + Education team will provide guidance, supporting materials and can help facilitate the upload of reviewed information to the Encyclopedia of Life. The benefits of this activity for students include an opportunity to research and synthesize information to communicate science to the general public. Students, instructors and institutions receive attribution and recognition on the Encyclopedia of Life. See an example of past student work here: http://eol.org/data_objects/17902925 If interested in participating in this activity for the upcoming semester, quarter or trimester, please send an email to: educat...@eol.org.
