Idea Bank: Using Earthquakes as "Teachable Moments"

Bravo, T. K.; Hubenthal, M.

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“…risk. Such events are therefore an opportunity to share some educational or awareness materials and potentially reach people efficiently (Stallings, 1986;Bravo and Hubenthal, 2016). Once formal education in science has ended, this may be one of the few opportunities available to widely teach seismologically related information (Baram-Tsabari and Segev, 2015).…”

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A social bot in support of crisis communication: 10-years of @LastQuake experience on Twitter

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Social media such as Facebook or Twitter are at present considered part of the communication systems of many seismological institutes, including the European–Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). Since 2012, the EMSC has been operating a hybrid Twitter system named @LastQuake comprising a bot for rapid information on global felt earthquakes and their effects, which is complemented by manual moderation that provides quasi-systematic and rapid answers to users' questions, especially after damaging earthquakes and earthquake sequences. The 2022 release of @LastQuake transcends a mere alert service and possessess additional capabilities, including fighting against misinformation and enhancing earthquake risk awareness and preparedness by exploiting the teachable moments opened by widely felt but non-damaging earthquakes. @LastQuake significantly increases the visibility and audience of the European–Mediterranean Seismological Center services, even in regions where its smartphone application (app) and websites are well known. It also contributes to increasing the volume of crowdsourced eyewitness observations that are collected, notably through the publication of rapid non-seismic-wave-based detections, as well as by reaching out to Twitter users who post about felt experiences through individual invitation messages. Although its impact, especially in raising awareness and preparedness is difficult to evaluate, @LastQuake efficiently supports crisis communication after large earthquakes and receives positive feedback from users for satisfying identified information needs of eyewitnesses automatically and in a timely manner. This study shares the experience gained over the last 10 years of operating the bot, presents the impact of users' feedback on empirically driving its evolution, and discusses the ways by which we can move toward a more data-driven assessment of its impact.

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“…They are now doing a weekly video report for Channel 1 news. When there is a big earthquake, the superuser incorporates another IRIS product into the classroom, Teachable Moments (Bravo and Hubenthal, 2016), slide shows that contain interpreted USGS regional tectonic maps and summaries, computer animations, seismograms, press photos, and other event-specific information. This superuser also follows IRIS on twitter because it is "superb with a constant stream of information" and has reminders about classroom resources.…”

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A Case Study of Highly-Engaged Educators' Integration of Real-Time Seismic Data in Secondary Classrooms

Bravo

Taber

Davis³

2020

Front. Earth Sci.

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“…Obviously, a selection needs to be made, so that this information forms an official, recognized channel, not too frequently, but in a focused, to-the-point manner. These pathways include social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), governmental television channel (Nepal TV), radio, private televisions, GSM mobile voice message, as well as internationally used and acknowledged information distribution such as "Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments" by the EarthScope Consortium (Bravo and Hubenthal, 2016) and the "@LastQuake" Twitter bot by EMSC (Chen et al, 2020;Bossu et al, 2023). Here again, the emphasis is on regularity.…”

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A Call to Action for a Comprehensive Earthquake Education Policy in Nepal

Hetényi,

Subedi

2023

Seismica

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Earthquakes in Nepal are among the most damaging natural hazards, claiming many lives and causing more widespread destruction than any other natural hazard. Yet, due to other difficulties and challenges, earthquakes are at the forefront of people’s attention only after major events, such as the 1934 or 2015 earthquakes. As a result, current preparedness of the population to earthquakes is far below the optimal level. This calls for an immediate and widespread educational effort to increase awareness and to raise the current young generation responsibly. After describing the current status of earthquake education at various school levels in Nepal, we here propose a series of actions to undertake towards an official education policy, starting from full openness and use of languages, via coordination and teacher's training, to the content, frequency and style of curriculum. We conclude on a timeline of actions, which have various lengths but should start today. We hope that by sharing our researcher and educational experience and thoughts, the actual preparation of the earthquake education policy for Nepal will start being developed under a dedicated team. Elements of the proposal presented here can be used and adapted to other regions at risk around the world.

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Idea Bank: Using Earthquakes as "Teachable Moments"

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A social bot in support of crisis communication: 10-years of @LastQuake experience on Twitter

A social bot in support of crisis communication: 10-years of @LastQuake experience on Twitter

A Case Study of Highly-Engaged Educators' Integration of Real-Time Seismic Data in Secondary Classrooms

A Call to Action for a Comprehensive Earthquake Education Policy in Nepal

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