Introducing university students to botanical collections knowledge through documentary videos
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
Botanical collections constitute a valuable information source about current and past plant biodiversity. Despite their educational potential, this resource is often underutilized in teaching, partly due to the delicate nature of the specimens they house and the need for careful handling. This project proposes the creation of documentary videos to familiarize university students with botanical collections and their inherent activities and procedures. Three instructional videos were produced, each focusing on three of the most significant botanical collections located in the city of Cordoba (Spain): Herbarium of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Cordoba (COFC), Museum of Ethnobotany, and Museum of Paleobotany, the latter two situated in the Royal Botanical Garden of Cordoba. By combining the viewing of videos with the reading of related scientific articles, carefully curated by the instructor, we were able to enhance the course curriculum and achieve a highly effective pedagogical approach. This initiative advocates for the manifold advantages of documentary videos as tools for motivation and learning in the educational context.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
References
Angulo-Jerez, A., Altavilla, C., Ausó-Monreal, E., Belloch, V.J., Fez, D.D., Fernández-Sánchez, L., (...) & Viqueira, V. (2013). Integración del inglés en materiales docentes de Ciencias de la Salud. In: XI Jornadas de redes de investigación en docencia universitaria. Universidad de Alicante.
Flannery, M. C. (2013). Plant Collections Online: Using Digital Herbaria in Biology Teaching. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 39(1), 3-9. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/156937/
Gutiérrez-Murillo, M. (1996). Aportaciones a la Etnobotánica y experiencia didáctica en el Jardín Botánico de Córdoba. Monografías del Real Jardín Botánico de Córdoba, (3), 79-87.
Gutiérrez-Murillo, M., Devesa, J.A., & Pujadas, S. (2010). El Museo de Etnobotánica, 30 pp. INGEMA-Jardín Botánico de Córdoba. Córdoba.
Jackman, W. M. (2019). YouTube usage in the university classroom: An argument for its pedagogical benefits. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 14(9), 157. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v14i09.10475
Martínez-Sagarra, G., & Devesa, J. A. (2019). Vascular plants dataset of the herbarium (COFC) of the University of Cordoba, Spain. PhytoKeys 133, 77-94. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.133.37481
Montero, A., & Wagner, R. H. (2004). El Museo de Paleobotánica del Jardín Botánico de Córdoba. Naturaleza Aragonesa, 13, 76-82 pp.
Rollins, R. C. (1965). The role of the university herbarium in research and teaching. Taxon, 14(4), 115-120.
Rushforth, S. J., Edlund, M. B., Spaulding, S. A., & Stoermer, E. F. (2010). The Reimer Diatom Herbarium: an important resource for teaching and research. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 160(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1635/053.160.0103
Torres-Montúfar, A. (2021). Botanic collections as a source of teaching: the case FES-Cuautitlan, UNAM. Polibotánica, 52, 63-74. https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.52.5
Wagner, R. H., Montero, A., & Álvarez-Vázquez, C. (2010). El centro paleobotánico del Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: museo y colección de flora carbonífera/pérmica. XI Jornadas Aragonesas de Paleontología «La Paleontología en los museos» (pp. 41-53).