Towards a Post-Graduate Level Curriculum for Biodiversity Informatics. Perspectives from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Community
| Autor: | Manuel Vargas, Jean Cossi Ganglo, Anders Telenius, Laura Russell, Mélianie R. Raymond, Danny Vélez, Hanna Koivula, Daniel Amariles-García, Mark J. Gibbons, André Heughebaert, Gautam Talukdar, Dag Endresen, Fatima Parker-Allie, Raoufou Radji, Takeshi Osawa, Francisco Pando, Alberto Gonzàlez Talàvan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Knowledge management
QH301-705.5 Data management research agenda curriculum Biodiversity informatics data mobilisation Curriculum framework Political science Forum Paper Biology (General) data analytics Curriculum Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecology business.industry data use Field (geography) data Work (electrical) Publishing data management business biodiversity informatics Global biodiversity policy |
| Zdroj: | Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 9, Iss, Pp 1-25 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1314-2836 |
| Popis: | Biodiversity informatics is a new and evolving field, requiring efforts to develop capacity and a curriculum for this field of science. The main objective was to summarise the level of activity and the efforts towards developing biodiversity informatics curricula, for work-based training and/or academic teaching at universities, taking place within the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) countries and its associated network. A survey approach was used to identify existing capacities and resources within the network. Most of GBIF Nodes survey respondents (80%) are engaged in onsite training activities, with a focus on work-based professionals, mostly researchers, policy-makers and students. Training topics include data mobilisation, digitisation, management, publishing, analysis and use, to enable the accessibility of analogue and digital biological data that currently reside as scattered datasets. An initial assessment of academic teaching activities highlighted that countries in most regions, to varying degrees, were already engaged in the conceptualisation, development and/or implementation of formal academic programmes in biodiversity informatics, including programmes in Benin, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, India, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan and Togo. Digital e-learning platforms were an important tool to help build capacity in many countries. In terms of the potential in the Nodes network, 60% expressed willingness to be recruited or commissioned for capacity enhancement purposes. Contributions and activities of various country nodes across the network have been highlighted and a working curriculum framework has been defined. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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