[Ecoed] Learn How to Publish in EcoEd DL, ESA's Digital Teaching Library

[Jennifer Riem]

Hi everyone,

There will be a workshop in Milwaukee on Thursday to introduce
participants to EcoEd Digital Library and show them the submission and
review process.

WK 34, EcoEd Digital Library Workshop (11:30-1:15) 201 A, Midwest
Airlines Center
"Learn How to Publish in EcoEd DL, ESA's Digital Teaching Library"

I hope to see some of you in the workshop (and you can still register on
site if you want to add it!). But for those of you who can't attend but
are interested in submitting a resource, I wanted to go ahead and let
you know that our next submission deadline will be August 29. See below!

Jennifer

 





Do you have a photograph, figure, or table that can be used to teach
ecology? We invite you to submit it to EcoEd Digital Library for review
and digital publication! EcoEd Digital Library is ESA's online
collection of resources for ecology education.

We invite all ecology educators with photographs, figures, or tables
that depict ecological concepts and are useful for teaching at the
undergraduate level to submit them for peer review and publication in
EcoEd Digital Library. Images are currently reviewed 2-3 times a year.
The next deadline for submissions is August 29, 2008. We also need
reviewers!

Photograph subjects sought for EcoEd Digital Library include:

*	Noteworthy organisms, communities, and ecosystems.
*	Ecological interactions.
*	Human impacts on ecosystems, including management and
restoration.
*	Research methods and techniques (field or lab).

Figure and table subjects sought for EcoEd Digital Library will include:

*	Conceptual figures depicting processes or organization, such as
biogeochemical cycles and food webs. This includes theoretical figures
depicting relationships predicted by theories, such as the intermediate
disturbance hypothesis and island biogeography.
*	Data figures, such as growth curves, survivorship curves, and
relative species abundances, that report data collected during
experiments or observational studies.
*	Conceptual tables displaying comparisons or categories, such as
biome characteristics and lake classification systems.
*	Data tables, such as life tables, community structure, and
global estimates of net primary production, that report the results of
experiments and observational studies.

Formatting

Authors can submit their image(s) to EcoEd Digital Library by completing
the Submission Form for Photographs. We are currently accepting files in
GIF or JPG format with a maximum width of 800 pixels. 

Review Criteria

All submitted items are peer reviewed and selected for scientific
accuracy, instructional value, and visual quality. The information
provided with each submission is important for ecology educators
searching for resources and deciding how to use them effectively in
their courses. Therefore, both the image and its corresponding
descriptions are required for a submission to be complete. 

 

Only submissions that meet all of the following criteria will be
included in EcoEd Digital Library:

*	Quality, clarity, and appeal.
	Does the submission meet the visual standards of the collection?
Is the subject easily detected in the submission? Can this image and its
underlying concept be described in terms familiar to a layperson?
*	Instructional value.
	Does the submission help foster understanding of ecological
concepts/techniques? Is this submission and its underlying concept
described in terms familiar to a faculty member?
*	Adherence to the field of ecology.
	Does this image fit within the discipline of ecology?
*	Scientific accuracy and description of classroom use.
	Has the ecological significance of the image been identified in
the description? Has the author included guidance for interpreting the
image and applying it to ecology education? For instance, what should
one look at, think about, and consider for the image? What should
students know and be able to do after seeing and discussing the image?

EcoEd DL reviewers will use peer review rubrics (available on the
website) to review submissions.

Copyright Information

Materials submitted must be original works or copyright free. Copyright
of the materials will remain with the author, and ESA agrees to give
authors appropriate credit in all ESA reproductions, copies, and
publications of the materials. ESA members are encouraged to peruse
their private collections of teaching and learning resources.
Individuals submitting materials for EcoEd DL must attest that the
materials are original and that they hold/own the copyright. ESA
requires prospective authors to grant ESA the nonexclusive world rights
to reproduce and/or distribute materials included in EcoEdNet. This
arrangement permits authors to retain the copyright to the materials so
that they may republish or otherwise use these materials.

For more information, contact:

Jennifer Riem
Ecological Society of America
jennifer at esa.org

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