Audrey Aronowsky, Scientific Program Manager
EOL Biodiversity Synthesis Center, The Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org
Three Expertise Keywords:
conservation-biology, coral-reefs, marine-biology
Why Digital Media and Learning?
Online virtual worlds allow students to learn about biodiversity conservation by trial and error; something that is impossible in the real world.
Recent Posts:
- Audrey Aronowsky: WhyReef (December 16, 2008)
Description of Current Work:
The Encyclopedia of Life is an international collaboration to create a website for every species on earth. I manage the project’s Synthesis Center at the Field Museum, which recruits scientists around the world to contribute to EOL and authenticate all EOL content. As a web 2.0 project, EOL is particularly interested in digital learning, and we are using projects like WhyReef to spearhead development of age-appropriate scientific content and to broaden our educational impact.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
WhyReef is our second foray into digital learning using virtual worlds. Previously, we developed the successful pilot project “I Dig Tanzania!” in cooperation with Global Kids. In IDT, teens in New York and Chicago used Teen Second Life to learn from and interact with paleontologists excavating fossils in Tanzania. For more details, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6CuoHob9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u32N2Rqsyw
