Can field botany be effectively taught as a distance course?
COVID-19 forced many academics to teach remotely; for field botany this required a complete rethink of how such a course could be taught.
Tag: plant identification
Flora Incognita shows high identification accuracy in Northern Europe
Plant identification apps are now widely available for smartphones but can we trust them for research and nature conservation purposes?
What plant is that? Testing out automated plant identification apps
Can smartphone apps successfully identify British native flora?
BioGO, a treasure hunt to teach biology
It’s hard for students to do their own thing on an introductory course, when you have an intake of hundreds. The easy way is to rely on lectures, but at the Université catholique de Louvain, they do things differently.
iNaturalist: An App to Ease Plant Blindness
Ian Street finds your phone is getting ever more powerful, with a species recognition app.
