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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2014
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Online Access: | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1442971/ |
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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