From London to the Arctic: Exploring Engagement and Learning in Citizen Cyberscience

Technology can play a role in helping people to collaborate – and increasingly participate - in areas previously inaccessible to the non-expert. For example, research projects relying on crowd-sourced data- collection by amateurs are being made feasible and accessible via mobile apps or websites. Th...

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Main Authors: Jennett, C, Cox, AL, Mastracci, D, Regalado, C
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2014
Subjects:
engagement
learning
citizen science
london
arctic
Arctic
Online Access:http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1442971/
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Summary:Technology can play a role in helping people to collaborate – and increasingly participate - in areas previously inaccessible to the non-expert. For example, research projects relying on crowd-sourced data- collection by amateurs are being made feasible and accessible via mobile apps or websites. This new phenomenon, known as ‘citizen cyberscience’, is currently being deployed and investigated by a team at UCL.

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