Workshop: 3dNaturalists: Using citizen science, bioblitzes and the National Park Service Centennial to promote undergraduate learning in biology

来自科罗拉多大学、中密歇根大学、摩拉维亚学院和亚利桑那大学的PI和组织团队通过研究协调网络-本科生生物学教育（RCN-UBE）计划获得了一项奖励，以举办一个名为研讨会：3dNaturalists：利用公民科学、生物学和国家公园服务百年纪念活动促进本科生生物学学习。研讨会聚集了来自三个RCN-UBE的一些关键人员以及来自iPlant（CyVerse）和国家公园服务的合作伙伴，教育工作者和来自科罗拉多埃斯蒂斯公园科学俱乐部的学生领袖。生物闪电战活动是24小时的生物多样性调查，涉及科学家和公众收集一个地区的物种信息;也许有史以来最大的生物闪电战活动将于5月20日举行，作为大型国家公园服务百年纪念活动的一部分。本次研讨会的目的是为学生在2016年百年BioBlitzes中担任专家和现场技术人员做好准备，并解决重要主题，包括数据质量，与众包数据相关的科学，扩大公民科学的参与，以及将BioBlitz数据纳入生物学教育。研讨会的主要主题包括数据收集工具和设备，数据的准确性和应用关键的科学问题，并在BioBlitz事件中吸引更多代表性不足的学生和本科生的挑战。研讨会的时间是理想的，以培养学生的机会，从事大规模的研究学习经验，其中数据收集（通过智能手机和平板电脑上的应用程序）和众包数据集被用于生产的所有物种的列表的目标在各个公园，包括那些新的公园或新的科学。 研讨会将从现场会议开始，学生和专业人士将在智能手机上使用各种公民科学应用程序，然后进行为期两天的圆桌讨论，演讲和活动，以交流有关公民科学数据，数据准确性问题和学生参与方法的信息。在最后一天，参与者将返回现场使用讨论的各种工具，并建立学生的信心，通过BioBlitz事件领导公众。该研讨会将包括来自不同机构和背景的参与者，以便就如何发展和改善BioBlitz经验以及研究和教育成果提供最广泛的视角。包括来自科学俱乐部的学生领袖，如农业，自然资源和相关科学的少数民族（MANRRS）以及美国种子生态学会和SACNAS（科学促进奇卡诺人和美洲原住民协会）的不同分会，将提高学生的参与度，招聘和网络。

The PI and organizing team from the University of Colorado, Central Michigan University, Moravian College, and the University of Arizona have received an award through the Research Coordination Network - Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) program to hold a workshop entitled Workshop: 3dNaturalists: Using citizen science, bioblitzes and the National Park Service Centennial to promote undergraduate learning in biology. The workshop assembles some of the key personnel from three RCN-UBEs as well as partners from iPlant (CyVerse)and the National Park Service, educators, and student leaders from science clubs in Estes Park, Colorado. BioBlitz events are 24-hour biodiversity surveys involving scientists and the general public collecting species information in an area; perhaps the largest ever BioBlitz event will take place on May 20th as part of the large National Park Service Centennial event. The purpose of this workshop is to prepare students for their roles as experts and field technicians in the 2016 Centennial BioBlitzes and address important topics including data quality, and science associated with crowd-sourced data, broadening participation in citizen science, and incorporation of BioBlitz data into biology education. Key themes of the workshop include data collection tools and devices, data accuracy and application to key science questions, and the challenge of engaging more underrepresented students and undergraduates in general in BioBlitz events. The timing of the workshop is ideal to train students for the opportunity to engage in the large-scale research learning experience about biodiversity in which data collection (via apps on smartphones and tablets) and crowdsourcing datasets are used toward the goal of producing a list of all species observed in the various parks, including those new to the park or new to science. The workshop will start with a field session where students and professionals will use various citizen science apps on smartphones followed by two days of facilitated round table discussions, presentations, and activities to exchange information about citizen science data, data accuracy issues and student engagement approaches. On the last day, participants will return to the field to use the various tools discussed and build student confidence in leading the general public through the BioBlitz events. The workshop will include participants from a diverse array of institutions and backgrounds in order to provide the broadest perspective on how to grow and improve the BioBlitz experience as well as research and educational outcomes. The inclusion of student leaders from science clubs such as Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) and different chapters of the Ecological Society of America's SEEDS and SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) will enhance student engagement, recruitment, and networking.