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Profiles In Practice: Stories Of Paleontology Within An Online, Scientific Community, Lisa Lundgren, Kent J. Crippen, Richard T. Bex Ii
Profiles In Practice: Stories Of Paleontology Within An Online, Scientific Community, Lisa Lundgren, Kent J. Crippen, Richard T. Bex Ii
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
The Community of Practice framework has been used theoretically and empirically to describe the diverse ways people learn from one another through social interaction in a variety of specific contexts. To date, most research of this genre has favored investigating the community and domain constructs of the theory over the authentic practice construct. Those interested in recognizing and supporting science learning in non-school contexts across a lifespan are then limited in efforts to delineate how communities engage in domain-specific practice. This is especially relevant in the study of online environments which afford more democratic forms of participation. With the goal …
The Belgrade Paleoblitz: A Pilot Project To Engage Amateur Paleontologists, Victor J. Perez, Ronny M. Leder, Lisa Lundgren, Shari Ellis, Betty A. Dunckel, Kent J. Crippen
The Belgrade Paleoblitz: A Pilot Project To Engage Amateur Paleontologists, Victor J. Perez, Ronny M. Leder, Lisa Lundgren, Shari Ellis, Betty A. Dunckel, Kent J. Crippen
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
Paleontology is an interdisciplinary field that attracts a range of individuals, from hobbyists to professionals. A primary goal of the NSF-funded FOSSIL Project is to establish a unified community of paleontologists and promote best practices in the field of paleontology. The Belgrade PaleoBlitz was a pilot effort to meet these goals by guiding participants through the museum curation process via a rapid two-day immersion. The objectives of the PaleoBlitz event were to: 1) educate participants in best practices associated with the museum curation process, and 2) catalog specimens collected from the Belgrade Quarry into the Florida Museum of Natural History …
Social Media Interaction As Informal Science Learning: A Comparison Of Message Design In Two Niches, Lisa Lundgren, Kent J. Crippen, Richard T. Bex Ii
Social Media Interaction As Informal Science Learning: A Comparison Of Message Design In Two Niches, Lisa Lundgren, Kent J. Crippen, Richard T. Bex Ii
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
Social media provides science learners opportunities to interact with content-specific messages. However, most science-specific social media content is designed to disseminate information instead of encouraging dialog. In this novel, ex post facto exploratory study of a science social media community, we sought to understand the relationships among community member interaction, design elements of messages, and post type on two digital niches (i.e., Facebook and Twitter). Framed by the theory of symbolic interactionism, we conducted a content analysis of 1370 messages that were systematically created by an informal science learning project and found that usage frequency of messaging elements varied by …