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Learning plant biodiversity in nature: the use of the citizen–science platform iNaturalist as a collaborative tool in secondary education

dc.contributor.authorEcheverría Obanos, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorAriz Arnedo, Idoia
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Echeverría, Judit
dc.contributor.authorPeralta de Andrés, Francisco Javier
dc.contributor.authorGonzález García, Esther
dc.contributor.departmentZientziakeu
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMABen
dc.contributor.departmentCienciases_ES
dc.contributor.funderGobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua, CENEDUCA3/2019es
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-07T07:47:49Z
dc.date.available2022-04-07T07:47:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBiodiversity is a concept of great scientific interest and social value studied in different subjects of the secondary education curriculum. Citizen–science programs may contribute to increasing the engagement of students when studying biodiversity. This work aimed to explore the use of the citizen–science platform iNaturalist as a complement of the elaboration of herbaria in an outdoor activity for 4th course 16-year-old students in the Basaula Reserve. The platform iNaturalist was chosen for its suitability to develop collaborative projects in an educational context. The Basaula project was created and 122 students were trained to record plant species in an outdoor activity. A total of 32 species were recorded, among them the most abundant were beech (Fagus sylvatica) and holm oak (Quercus ilex). The students positively evaluated their experience, highlighting its adequacy to record biodiversity data and make a virtual herbarium. Students valued the innovative character of iNaturalist and its usefulness for research but also the opportunity to integrate mobile devices in school education. We concluded that iNaturalist is a valuable tool to carry out collaborative projects dealing with biodiversity in secondary education.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Education Department of the Navarra Government, grant number CENEDUCA3/2019.en
dc.format.extent12 p.
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su13020735
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/42686
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability 2021, 13, 735en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13020735
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectiNaturalisten
dc.subjectCitizen–scienceen
dc.subjectSecondary educationen
dc.subjectBiodiversity informaticsen
dc.subjectSpecies identificationen
dc.subjectSmartphone applicationsen
dc.subjectOutdoor educationen
dc.titleLearning plant biodiversity in nature: the use of the citizen–science platform iNaturalist as a collaborative tool in secondary educationen
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