Communicating with the Public - A socially constructed blog

The Evo-Devo project was designed to communicate principles behind the blossoming field of biology called evo-devo, the combined study of evolution and development using the creative genre the social blog for publication on the web.

 

Participants exploring the miraculous explosion of life in the sea at Creek Farm
Photo:  Rachel Fineman


Goals:

1)  to work with peers to construct your own understanding of evo-devo;

2)  to demonstrate concepts underlying the field of evo-devo;

3)  to construct a blog using the CMS open source web page tool, Lenya; and

4)  to communicate the ideas of evo-devo effectively to the public.


Dennis J. Taylor
taylordj at hiram.edu
last updated 20 July 2008