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Bird watchers twitching to use e-learning

By TJ (03-10-2007)
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Mentor-supported e-learning developed by MyKnowledgeMap has been added to the wide range of education solutions provided to members of Europe’s largest wildlife conservation organisation, the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) www.rspb.org.uk .

Over the last few years, the RSPB has seen an increased interest in birds and wildlife. Its new Learn Birds course  www.learnbirds.com  will help adults develop new skills and knowledge and guide them through the early stages of their interest.

This increased interest is reflected elsewhere with the growing popularity of TV nature programmes like BBC Springwatch.

This year the programme attracted an average of 4m viewers a night who tuned in to watch the daily lives of nesting birds, foxes and badgers. Its presenters, Kate Humble and Bill Oddie, are now household names.

LearnBirds is being launched by the RSPB to help fill a gap in adult education. The course is an introduction to birds and birdwatching and has been designed to appeal to a wide range of adults. The 10-hour course that takes learners on a journey into and through the world of birds. The course begins with the fundamentals of bird watching, moving to bird anatomy before looking at conservation issues.

The course is broken into 20 topics that use a wide range of texts and images in online interactions and offline activities. Online interactions include building habitats, quizzes and matching birds with sounds. Offline activities include field tracking, silhouette identification and bird hunts. The course makes use of extensive and detailed bird illustrations, as well as bird call soundtracks within ambient sound backgrounds (sea, wind, trees, tractor) to provide a more authentic listening experience.

 

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