Editing Avida (software) (section)

==Use in education==

{{Infobox software
| name = Avida-ED
| author = [[Jeff Clune]]
| developer = [[Diane J. Blackwood]]
| latest release version = 3
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2021|10|10}}<ref name="releasesb">{{cite web
  | url = https://github.com/DBlackwood/AvidaED_user_interface
  | title = Avida-ED User Interface
  | website = github.com
  | access-date = 2021-10-11
}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C++]], [[JavaScript]]
| genre = [[Artificial life]]
| license = [[GPL]]
| website = Main: {{URL|avida-ed.msu.edu}}, Mirror: {{URL|avida-ed-mirror1.beacon-center.org}}
}}

The Avida-ED project ([https://avida-ed.msu.edu/app/AvidaED.html Avida-ED]) uses the Avida software platform within a simplified graphical user interface suitable for use in evolution education instruction at the high school and undergraduate college level, and provides freely available software, documentation, tutorials, [https://avida-ed.msu.edu/curriculum/ lesson plans], and other course materials.<ref name="SmithJohnson2016">{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=James J.|last2=Johnson|first2=Wendy R.|last3=Lark|first3=Amy M.|last4=Mead|first4=Louise S.|last5=Wiser|first5=Michael J.|last6=Pennock|first6=Robert T.|title=An Avida-ED digital evolution curriculum for undergraduate biology|journal=Evolution: Education and Outreach|volume=9|issue=1|year=2016|issn=1936-6426|doi=10.1186/s12052-016-0060-0|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="scie_Onli">{{Cite web
| title = Online tool speeds up evolution education
| author = Anonymous
| work = ScienceDaily
| date = 5 February 2018
| access-date = 3 July 2021
| url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180205113043.htm
| quote = 
}}</ref> The Avida-ED software runs as a web application in the browser, with the user interface implemented in JavaScript and Avida compiled to JavaScript using Emscripten, making the software broadly compatible with devices commonly used in classrooms.<ref name="TaylorAuerbach2016">{{cite journal|last1=Taylor|first1=Tim|last2=Auerbach|first2=Joshua E.|last3=Bongard|first3=Josh|last4=Clune|first4=Jeff|last5=Hickinbotham|first5=Simon|last6=Ofria|first6=Charles|last7=Oka|first7=Mizuki|last8=Risi|first8=Sebastian|last9=Stanley|first9=Kenneth O.|last10=Yosinski|first10=Jason|title=WebAL Comes of Age: A Review of the First 21 Years of Artificial Life on the Web|journal=Artificial Life|volume=22|issue=3|year=2016|pages=364–407|issn=1064-5462|doi=10.1162/ARTL_a_00211|pmid=27472416 |hdl=2241/00154082|s2cid=12092129 |url=https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/48596/files/AL_22-3.pdf |hdl-access=free}}</ref> This approach has been shown to be effective in improving students' understanding of evolution.<ref name="PennockSmith2018">{{cite journal|last1=Pennock|first1=Robert T.|last2=Smith|first2=James J.|last3=Mead|first3=Louise S.|last4=Richmond|first4=Gail|last5=Lark|first5=Amy|title=Exploring the Relationship between Experiences with Digital Evolution and Students' Scientific Understanding and Acceptance of Evolution|journal=The American Biology Teacher|volume=80|issue=2|year=2018|pages=74–86|issn=0002-7685|doi=10.1525/abt.2018.80.2.74|s2cid=52260399 }}</ref><ref name="Abi AbdallahFonner2020">{{cite journal|last1=Abi Abdallah|first1=Delbert S.|last2=Fonner|first2=Christopher W.|last3=Lax|first3=Neil C.|last4=Babeji|first4=Matthew R.|last5=Palé|first5=Fatimata A.|title=Evaluating the Use of Avida-ED Digital Organisms to Teach Evolution & Natural Selection|journal=The American Biology Teacher|volume=82|issue=2|year=2020|pages=114–119|issn=0002-7685|doi=10.1525/abt.2020.82.2.114|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="PennockRichmond2014">{{cite journal|last1=Pennock|first1=Robert T.|last2=Richmond|first2=Gail|last3=Lark|first3=Amy|title=Modeling Evolution in the Classroom|journal=The American Biology Teacher|volume=76|issue=7|year=2014|pages=450–454|issn=0002-7685|doi=10.1525/abt.2014.76.7.6|s2cid=83720929 }}</ref>
The Avida-ED project was the winner of the 2017 International Society for Artificial Life Education and Outreach Award.<ref name="alif_2017">{{Cite web
| title = 2017 ISAL Awards: Winners - Artificial Life
| last = Taylor | first = Tim
| work = Artificial Life
| date = 16 September 2017
| access-date = 3 July 2021
| url = https://alife.org/2017-isal-awards-winners/
| quote = 
}}</ref>