Working with the Encyclopedia of the Earth and the CAMEL Portal On Climate Change Education Andy Jorgensen Senior Fellow, National Council for Science and the Environment Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Toledo Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Earth AIHEC – November 14, 2011
Online Access Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) Peer-reviewed online encyclopedia Freely available to the public Wiki-based Extensive and Expanding – 1,400 contributors from 60 countries, 64 content partners – Over 6,500 published articles Content includes encyclopedia articles, collections, curricula, e-books, videos, photo galleries Portals Connect to content, groups and people Dynamic, customizable websites Easily integrates EoE articles into your website Create one’s own portal Open for comments Developed by TrUnity
Climate Change on the Encyclopedia of Earth What is available: – Hundreds of peer reviewed topic articles – Educational modules including content, presentations, and exercises linked to other encyclopedia articles Who can access: – Everyone, including your students!
EoE Climate Change Landing Page
CAMEL Portal What is available: – Curriculum materials, exercises, powerpoints – Additional resources, news links, websites – Advice and tips from module developers – Feedback and comments from other teachers What you can do: – Any author can post an article, video, news or curriculum resource – Create your own sub-website – Submit comments on the modules
CAMEL Portal
CAMEL Portal Taxonomy
Add a Resource on the CAMEL Portal
AIHEC Portal
And now we go live to… Encyclopedia of Earth Encyclopedia of Earth Climate Change CAMEL Portal, including taxonomy CAMEL: Add a Teaching Resource CAMEL: Create your own website AIHEC Website