How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of OERs for biodiversity conservation?

Session Goal Use Backgrounder and AMNH experience with biodiversity-related OERs to promote discussion of issues of OER prodeuction, updating and use across disciplines Source: A. Harborne

How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of OERs for biodiversity conservation? Nora Bynum Eleanor Sterling Ana Luz Porzecanski Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) Develop capacity to sustain the world’s biological and cultural diversity

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IPCC 2007. Summary for policymakers Global change: temperature and greenhouse gases

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“ (The) next generation of scientists and natural resource managers should be very bright, talented and well educated. They will need the ability to address broad issues at the ecosystem or watershed level, be broadly trained, capable of working across disciplines, able to process, filter and distill copious quantities of information, be familiar with advanced technologies, and have communication, dispute resolution, and social skills.” Colker, R. M., and R.D. Day. 2004. Issues and Recommendations—A Conference Summary: Conference on Personnel Trends, Education Policy and Evolving Roles of Federal and State Natural Resources Agencies. Renewable Resources Journal Winter/Spring 2003/2004:6-8.

Improved quality of teaching and learning = better conservation biologists

Goal 1: Develop and disseminate open-access instructional materials on managing and sustaining biological and cultural diversity The Importance of Biodiversity M. F. Laverty, E.J. Sterling, and E.A. Johnson “ The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: “What good is it?” (Aldo Leopold 1949) Introduction Humans depend upon biodiversity in many ways, both to satisfy basic needs like food and medicine, and to enrich our lives culturally or spiritually. Yet in an increasingly modern, technological world, people often forget how fundamental biodiversity is to daily life and are unaware of the impact of its loss (see Threats to Biodiversity module) . Despite its importance, determining the value or worth of biodiversity is complex and often a cause for debate. This is largely due to that fact that the worth placed on biodiversity is a reflection of underlying human values, and these values vary dramatically both among societies and individuals (Perlman and Adelson 1997). The perspective of rural versus urban dwellers towards wildlife is one example. People who don’t live with elephants on a daily basis appreciate elephants for their sheer size, charisma, and intelligence. Those who live near elephants, however, tend to perceive them as a threat to people and their crops and property. Values are also dynamic; they change over time and vary according to specific situations. Both the diversity of values towards a species and the changes in values over time can be examined in the case of the gray wolf in the United Polinización y Dispersión de Semillas ,[object Object],[object Object]

Goal 2: Foster an active approach to teaching and learning that models the realities of professional conservation practice

Goal 3: Facilitate communication and interaction among a diverse group of conservation practitioners in various countries and regions around the world

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NCEP modules ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Importance of Biodiversity M. F. Laverty, E.J. Sterling, and E.A. Johnson “ The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: “What good is it?” (Aldo Leopold 1949) Introduction Humans depend upon biodiversity in many ways, both to satisfy basic needs like food and medicine, and to enrich our lives culturally or spiritually. Yet in an increasingly modern, technological world, people often forget how fundamental biodiversity is to daily life and are unaware of the impact of its loss (see Threats to Biodiversity module) . Despite its importance, determining the value or worth of biodiversity is complex and often a cause for debate. This is largely due to that fact that the worth placed on biodiversity is a reflection of underlying human values, and these values vary dramatically both among societies and individuals (Perlman and Adelson 1997). The perspective of rural versus urban dwellers towards wildlife is one example. People who don’t live with elephants on a daily basis appreciate elephants for their sheer size, charisma, and intelligence. Those who live near elephants, however, tend to perceive them as a threat to people and their crops and property. Values are also dynamic; they change over time and vary according to specific situations. Both the diversity of values towards a species and the changes in values over time can be examined in the case of the gray wolf in the United

NCEP Modules: different from Connexions module

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NCEP and Connexions…………

NCEP Module Development Initial Writing/Adaptation Review and Revision Final Production

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Outcomes - US ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: A. Harborne

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