Encyclopedia of Life: Student Research and Writing Project The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL, www.eol.org) is a global collaboration among scientists and the general public to make authoritative information and literature about all 1.9 million named species freely accessible online.
We are reaching out to faculty that teach higher level courses, about the opportunity of having undergraduate and graduate students research and synthesize information about species on EOLs high priority taxa list (pages in need of content) and then summarize this information in an overview suitable for the general public. Other options include researching and writing about individual topics such as ecology,habitat, morphology, etc. Instructors are responsible for reviewing student work. The EOL Learning + Education team will provide guidance, supporting materials and can help facilitate the upload of reviewed information to the Encyclopedia of Life. The benefits of this activity for students include an opportunity to research and synthesize information to communicate science to the general public. Students, instructors and institutions receive attribution and recognition on the Encyclopedia of Life. See an examples of past student work here: http://eol.org/collections/46171 For a full description of this project, please see: http://www.edulifedesks.org/files/edulifedesks/student_contributions_to_eol. pdf If interested in participating in this activity for this semester, quarter or trimester, please send an email to: tbarb...@eol.org
