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Plant, meet computer

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Staff

UNC will launch a new botany program that hopes to mingle nature with technology. The curriculum is called BOT 2.0 and will combine botany and environmental conservation with social computing and information management. Part of the course itself is delivered through Web 2.0 blogs, wikis, Facebook and MySpace, while the other part is delivered through hands-on training in the field. The invitation-only program will include 17 students from Alamance Community College, N.C. Agricultural and Technical State, N.C. Central, N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill and starts late this month.
The program was created by Jane Greenberg and Alan Weakley of UNC with the help of a $192,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and seeks to improve learning retention by more actively involving students.

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