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Holly K. Rosser – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In citizen science, project leaders rely on volunteer contributors to collect, classify, and analyze data in both natural and digital environments. To be successful, volunteers are often provided with specialized training that supports the learning goals of the project. Yet, little is understood regarding the contextual influences of both the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Science Education, Volunteers, Educational Objectives
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Magne Husby; Tove Anita Fiskum; Boris Belchev; Taulant Bino; Iordan Hristov; Oskars Keišs; Hanna Kuzyo; Veronika Samotskaya; Marko Šciban; Iva Šoštaric – Journal of Biological Education, 2025
Biology education worldwide at different levels involves learning to identify plants and animals in nature. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a teaching and learning method for bird identification that combines active outdoor fieldwork with active online learning, testing the validity of our instrument. Altogether, 798…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Animals, Wildlife, Identification
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Wong, Suzanna So Har; Kim, Mijung; Jin, Qingna – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
Digital technologies are part of many children's everyday lives. They use them for entertainment, information seeking and connecting with friends on social media. These shifts in children's literacy practices have impacted the ways in which they learn. As more children are engaged with digital technologies, critical literacy practices are vital,…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Problem Based Learning, Science Education, English Language Learners
Ahn, June; Asbell-Clarke, Jodi; Berland, Matthew; Chase, Catherine; Enyedy, Noel; Fusco, Judith; Gardner, Shari; Grover, Shuchi; Halverson, Erica; Jona, Kemi; Lane, H. Chad; Martin, Wendy; Mercier, Emma; Moher, Tom; Ogan, Amy; Pinkard, Nichole; Polman, Joseph; Roschelle, Jeremy; Schank, Patricia; Taylor, Katie Headrick; Wilkerson, Michelle; Worsley, Marcelo – Grantee Submission, 2017
Cyberlearning researchers envision and investigate the future of learning with technology. As of summer 2017, the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (CFTL) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) had made 279 research grant awards. In addition, several hundred other NSF research projects have cyberlearning themes. Many of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects, Instructional Design, Research Projects