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Innovation in Learning Institute
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
E-Learning competence centre: Innovation at the University
Applied research: Pedagogy and Technology for supporting
First, Lifelong and lifwide Learning
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KEY TO NATURE IS ABOUT IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANISMS IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING SETTINGS
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KeyToNature
EU – Project, funded in the scope of the eContentPlus Program (2007-2010)
11 Partners • Universities (Italy, Germany, Belgium)• Science Museums: Natural History Museum UK and
the Natural History Museum Slovenia• Botanical Garden: Madrid• Technology Companies (IT, AT)
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WHY? Pedagogical
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Pedagogical: Identification of Organisms (I)
Formal: Part of the curriculum
Informal: Curiosity about plants & animals
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Supports providing learning environments that
…open …explorative …collaborative …visual learning & thinking & communication
Pedagogical: Identification of Organisms (II)
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Supports the development of basic science skills…
…Observing & Defining
…Hypothesizing
…Collecting & Formulating & Classifying information
…Interpreting & Inferring
…Predicting
Pedagogical: Identification of Organisms (III)
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Identification for different target groups Primary – They like to
a vehicle for general pedagogical aims problem-solving , team work abilities, improvement of social skills
High curiosity of the children, Activate emotion Small set of species to identify, no technical terms
Seconday – They have to a vehicle for general pedagogical aims But also subject related teaching Difficulties in motivating – contribution to the KeyToNature Keys can be a vehicle
Terciary and research communities Improving Identification techniques Create knowledge on species and taxonomy Detailed information Contribution to the community
http://www.keytonature.eu/handbook/
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WHY? Tools for
Identification
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How to identify
an organism
?
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Genus
Family
Order
Species
Ovary inferior Ovary superior
Stamens hairy
Carpels 5, fusedCarpels 4, free
Stamens glabrous
Fruit dehiscent Fruit non dehiscent
The traditional approach, developed prior to the computer era, is mainly based on classification. It first requires the identification of Order, Family, and
Genus. The characters distinguishing Orders, Families and Genera are usually
difficult, hence these identification tools are also difficult.
The traditional approach…
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The KeyToNature approach
Genus
Family
Order
Species
Characters: Flower red,
leaves divided
In the modern approach, the characters for distinguishing the organisms are organised into a database, and the identification
tools can select those characters which render the identification easier
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Several “classical” keys include organisms occurring in widely different areas or ecological
conditions
The “difficulty” of identification tools tends to increase with the number of organisms which they
include
The KeyToNature approach
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The new approach permits to automatically produce
identification tools restricted to small subsets of organisms or for a
certain area
e.g. “the plants of our schoolgarden”
The KeyToNature approach
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e-tools
Tailored to the
needs of a certain activity
-Organism group / subgroup-Region-Complex / less komplex
Work on every media
The KeyToNature approach
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Example1 Treasure hunt in the Botanical
garden
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Italy – ”treasure hunting” in botanical gardens:
A map of the Botanical Garden with ten colour dots refers to woody plants to be identified. In the Garden each plant is recognizable by a numbered billboard of the same colour as the dot on the map.
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Example 2: Identification keys in a
primary school project in Italy
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Example 3Braoadleaved trees of the UK,
Key developed for the Natural History Museum in London
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Example 4At the botanical garden in Madrid
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Some examples
Spain – At the Botanical garten in Madrid
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WHY? Pedagogical: Specific pedagogical
needs
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Customised keys
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Customised keys
Teachers can change what they like… textual information, pictures, Set of species,
etc.
Translate
Add information from the field via Location based services Pictures and comments
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Feedback from the users In general very positive results…
Why?
Flexible – KeyToNature continuously growing data base
Customised, e.g. school garden, shrubs of the hedge of …
Re-written keys: teachers become co-authors, adapted to the needs of the children
Multimedia support, especially the pictures
Additional information
Better scores if embedded in class room activities
New, different from what was being used before… Often nothing else similar
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…Further perspectives
Germany: Offener Naturführer http://offene-naturfuehrer.de/web/
KeyToNature for Italy and Slovenia www.siit.eu
weSpot: weSPOT is a project supported by the European Commission launched October 2012.
aims at propagating scientific inquiry – Pedagogical models and Tools as the approach for science learning and teaching
Thank you