Hi Declan, This is a very useful post - I'm wondering if it makes sense to re-post under a very focused "Biology" subject.
Second, WikiEducator is working with the Monterey Institute of Technology and Education, and I see that they have biology materials available on their site - http://www.hippocampus.org/Biology;jsessionid=CC081670173D73BE75A70A7149D8342A Would these be helpful? If so, maybe we can talk to them about sharing this content... Your thoughts? - Randy On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Declan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I started a project based on the Darwinius fossil find some time > back. The initial idea was fairly basic: get diverse biologists > together to build teaching materials based around the biology of the > publication. I lacked time to develop the project. In many ways I'm > glad. The fossil find has resulted in some interesting controversy > and may actually be a more valuable 'teachable moment' about the > process of science. Regardless, the next couple of weeks will reveal > if I have time to build this resource and add it to my current course, > or take a pass this year and incorporate it in a future course. > > If there is interest among other scientists, please visit and > collaborate: http://www.wikieducator.org/Darwinius > > My other project is open to collaboration once my students remove WIP > tags: http://www.wikieducator.org/Biology_in_elementary_schools. > > Before removing the WIP tags, my students are earning grades, and > would welcome any technical help they can get. Actually, I have no > objections if any of their projects lead to a natural collaboration. > I'm currently enrolling students in the Spring 2010 iteration of the > course. That will probably be the last cohort of students for a > while; my intent is that the resources we have accumulated will > provide science activities that can be linked, cannibalized, improved, > and shared. > > Finally I have a non-WE project aimed at getting high school students > into streams. It is locally tailored to Vermont field sites and so I > have not brought it to WE. I'd be very much open to collaborating > with other stream ecologists if any see a natural fit with what you > do: http://academics.smcvt.edu/Vermont_rivers/ My students and I are > constantly checking the taxonomic accuracy; if you see a mistake, we'd > love to hear about it. If the images are of broader use to biologists > let us know; we'll 'Wikimedia' them. > > Cheers, > > Declan > > > > -- Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. ________________ Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant & Facilitator, Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) Skype: wikirandy Twitter: wikirandy * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance * Organization Design & Development * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Coaching & Facilitation * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
