So I just ran my second paid online survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Despite my internet searches of how to do this right and treat participants fairly (there is discussion about whether these are “workers” or research participants… Read More
Well, it depends. $58 million is what NASA estimates a trip around the moon as a SpaceX tourist would cost. For most people, it’s out of reach compared to our median U.S. incomes of $59 thousand in 2017,… Read More
A colleague of mine from the UF Innovation Academy paid me a high compliment, noting me as an innovative and interdisciplinary thinker (full disclosure: my immediate reaction was, who, moi?). She asked me to share any thoughts I… Read More
For those of you researchers interested in participating in the NSF and UF/IFAS engagement program talk science with me, I’ve created a couple of orientation videos: talk science with me – What is It? (5:14) General tips for… Read More
My sister brought Seth Godin’s blog to my attention a few months ago. He writes about, among other things, “changing everything.” Though at first glance it is not related to my work as it is really about business… Read More
“The evidence suggests limits to industry’s willingness to fund R&D vacated by the federal government, should Congress go along with the White House’s budget plans.” https://www.aaas.org/news/new-brief-could-industry-fill-gaps-following-federal-rd-cuts For academic and basic research, which underlies much of the translational, clinical,… Read More
can be found on @UFAEC ‘s web site, linking Ag Ed and STEM Ed guidelines for teachers. We produced this document through USDA’s Multistate S1057 project: More about the project here and here. We are in the process… Read More
I took on an #extension fellowship in 2015 on citizen science, to promote its use throughout #coopext. This continues to pay dividends, as I am now in the process of taking on my first PhD student advisee, who… Read More
As people develop their public engagement (aka outreach or communication or informal/free-choice education) practices, they may begin to think about the style they use when engaging. One tool that agricultural educators often draw on is Kolb’s educator roles… Read More
It’s day 1 of our new NIH funded teacher workshop on emerging pathogens: CATALySES. We have 15 high school teachers ready to go for a two-week experience combining content, lab practices, facilities tours, and planning for action research in… Read More
