iSpot Local: bioblitzes and crowd-‐sourced digital data
Doug Clow CALRG Conference, 13 June 2011
Open EducaEonal Resources (OER)
Par$cipatory learning InteresEng
Social
CreaEve
AcEve
Open-‐ended
Bioblitzes • 24 hours • Public • Wildlife survey • Experts on hand Popular:
• engagement • outreach • science • learning
• Capture of data not good • Not part of ongoing learning acEviEes
iSpot Local
• iSpot Local website – CC-‐BY, linked to iSpot • Six seVngs: schools, public sites, local authority
• Bioblitz as key mediaEng event for co-‐creaEon and crowd-‐sourcing of digital content and learning
Project structure
• Partnership – OU – iSpot Local website – Ambios – on-‐the-‐ground, community engagement
– Learning South West – learning stakeholders
• JISC eContent programme • March to September, £100k
Technical
• iSpot – stores observaEons with tag • iSpot Local – community content (Drupal) plus visualisaEon of bioblitz observaEons (API)
Sharpham Bioblitz
• 94 visitors • 420 records on iSpot
– Previous best 38 • 409 idenEficaEons
Semi-‐public site Marsh improvement plan
• 246 different species – 143 plants – 72 invertebrates – 13 birds
Sandford Bioblitz
• Primary school • SEll processing data!
• Model – PreparaEon – On the day – Follow-‐up learning and engagement
• Lots of nidy-‐gridy organisaEonal detail
• Four more bioblitzes • Follow-‐up learning acEviEes and engagement • EvaluaEon • Follow-‐on funding and sustainability
• iSpot Team: Jonathan Silvertown, Doug Clow, Richard Greenwood, Richard Lovelock, Julian Clark-Lowes, Mike Dodd, Martin Harvey, Donal O’Donnell, Jenny Worthington, Marion Edwards, Jon Rosewell, Janice Ansine, iSpot Mentors
• iSpot Local Partners: Simon Roper, Simon Mauger, Paula Jones
• Photos: Doug Clow, Ambios
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