COS 28
Education: Community-Based Learning

Tuesday, August 11, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
326, Baltimore Convention Center
8:00 AM
COS 28-1
 Visualizing the effects of climate change on hawk migration phenology: Results from an experimental collaboration between the academic, public, private, and non-governmental sectors
Richard E Feldman, Schoodic Institute; Alyssa Caddle, EMC Corportation; John Cardente, EMC Corportation; Mark W. Chandler, Earthwatch Institute; Steven Dozen, EMC Corportation; Mary Ann Garwood, EMC Corportation; Abraham Miller-Rushing, Schoodic Institute
8:20 AM
COS 28-2
 Two birds, one stone: Using local ecological knowledge (LEK) to elucidate ecological processes and increase engagement of students in science
Talia Young, Rutgers University Marine Field Station
8:40 AM
COS 28-3
 Merging science communication and service learning to advance transdisciplinary undergraduate education
Kirsten Schwarz, Northern Kentucky University; Mark Neikirk, Northern Kentucky University
9:00 AM
COS 28-4
 Improving urban mosquito management through passive education and intervention in Washington, D.C
Paul T. Leisnham, University of Maryland; Danielle Bodner, University of Maryland; Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Insitute of Ecosystem Studies; Dawn Biehler, University of Maryland Baltimore County
9:20 AM
COS 28-5
 Integrating geospatial and cognitive modeling tools to improve collaborative citizen science and decision making
Rebecca Jordan, Rutgers University; John Gallo, Conservation Biology Institute; Steven Gray, Michigan State University; Greg Newman, Colorado State University; David Mellor, Center for Open Science
9:40 AM
COS 28-
 Break
9:50 AM
COS 28-6
 Using ecological niche modeling to predict the socio-economic backgrounds most likely to participate in citizen science
Ashley R. Knoch, Oklahoma State University; Kristen A. Baum, Oklahoma State University
10:10 AM
COS 28-7
 Assessing the efficacy of citizen science contributions to global issues through a program evaluation tool developed by Earthwatch Institute
Stan Rullman, Earthwatch Institute; Cristina Eisenberg, Earthwatch Institute; Mark Chandler, Earthwatch Institute; Gitte Venicx, Earthwatch Institute; Elise Begin, Earthwatch Institute
10:30 AM
COS 28-8
 Hudson River Data Jam: Creatively engaging students in understanding large data sets
Cornelia Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Alan R. Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Bess Caplan, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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