A5088388232- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Research Data Management Practices
- Regional Development and Policy
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Educational Assessment and Improvement
- 3D IC and TSV technologies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
The Open University
2015-2024
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
2024
Accurate species identification is fundamental to biodiversity science, but the natural history skills required for this are neglected in formal education at all levels. In paper we describe how web application ispotnature.org and its sister site ispot.org.za (collectively, "iSpot") helping solve problem by combining learning technology with crowdsourcing connect beginners experts. Over 94% of observations submitted iSpot receive a determination. External checking sample 3,287 records...
Hedges are both ecologically and culturally important a distinctive feature of the British landscape. However overall length hedges across Great Britain is decreasing. Current challenges in studying relate to dominance research on rural, as opposed urban, hedges, their variability geographical breadth. To help address these educate public importance hedge habitats for wildlife, 2010 Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) programme coordinated hedge-focused citizen science survey. Results from 2891...
The demographics of environmental and Earth scientists are not representative the UK’s multicultural society. We sought to widen diversity engage equitably through two related engaged research projects, “Walking Walk” “Landscape Stories.” This paper offers a critically reflexive account, based on methodology duoethnography, how we co-constructed “third space” with for minoritized community groups scientists. create conditions inclusive leadership informed by connectedness, respect, humility...
The demographics of environmental and Earth scientists are not representative the UK’s multicultural society. We sought to widen diversity through two related engaged research projects, 'Walking Walk' 'Landscape Stories'. This paper offers a critically reflexive account, based on methodology duoethnography, how we co-constructed ‘third space’ for these projects. create conditions inclusive leadership informed by connectedness, respect, humility intentionality. argue that science be more...
The iSpot citizen science platform*1 allows anyone anywhere to upload images of biodiversity and its community users helps identify observations. Key elements any such system are the species dictionaries that tie together all observations similar species, allow further information about taxa be shown ensure data collected can passed on other recording schemes global databases. was launched in 2009 with UK Species Inventory (UKSI) database as dictionary Catalogue Life (CoL) for dictionary....