Ask a Biologist site wins SPORE award from Science magazine (November 2010)
Congratulations are due to Charles Kazilek at Arizona State University: his Ask a Biologist site has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE), by Science magazine, designed to focus on the best of online educational resources in science.
Ask a Biologist utilizes the contributions of over 150 volunteers who craft the best possible answers to myriad questions directed to "Dr. Biology." In the response process, students (60%), teachers (20%), and parents and informal learners (20%) are participants in a well-crafted give-and-take that helps questioners clarify their queries and gets them engaged in the science.
Ask a Biologist received NSDL funding in the 2008 round of grants that enabled the project to transform the AAB website (over 1400 static web pages) into a much more dynamic site, employing the Drupal content management system and other Web 2.0 tools, enabling and promoting collaboration and contribution from its volunteer community of experts.
Ask A Biologist joins two previously awarded NSDL-related projects for 2010:
- 26 February 2010: On the Cutting Edge professional development program for geoscience educators, from Carleton College's Science Education Resource Center, and its partners
- 30 April 2010: ChemCollective−Virtual Labs for Introductory Chemistry Courses