TY - CHAP
T1 - Scistarter 2.0
T2 - A digital platform to foster and study sustained engagement in citizen science
AU - Hoffman, Catherine
AU - Cooper, Caren B.
AU - Kennedy, Eric B.
AU - Farooque, Mahmud
AU - Cavalier, Darlene
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, IGI Global.
PY - 2016/10/25
Y1 - 2016/10/25
N2 - In this chapter, the authors focus on how SciStarter has developed a new digital infrastructure to support sustained engagement in citizen science, and research into the behaviors and motivations of participants. The new digital infrastructure of SciStarter includes integrated registration and contribution tracking tools to make it easier to participate in multiple projects, enhanced GIS information to promote locally relevant projects, an online personal dashboard to keep track of contributions, and the use of these tools (integrated registration, GIS, dashboard) by project owners and researchers to better understand and respond to the needs and interests of citizen-science participants. In this chapter, the authors explore how these new tools build pathways to participatory policymaking, expand access to informal STEM experiences, and lower barriers to citizen science. The chapter concludes with a design for a citizenscience future with increased access to tools, trackable participation, and integrated competencies.
AB - In this chapter, the authors focus on how SciStarter has developed a new digital infrastructure to support sustained engagement in citizen science, and research into the behaviors and motivations of participants. The new digital infrastructure of SciStarter includes integrated registration and contribution tracking tools to make it easier to participate in multiple projects, enhanced GIS information to promote locally relevant projects, an online personal dashboard to keep track of contributions, and the use of these tools (integrated registration, GIS, dashboard) by project owners and researchers to better understand and respond to the needs and interests of citizen-science participants. In this chapter, the authors explore how these new tools build pathways to participatory policymaking, expand access to informal STEM experiences, and lower barriers to citizen science. The chapter concludes with a design for a citizenscience future with increased access to tools, trackable participation, and integrated competencies.
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U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-0962-2.ch003
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-0962-2.ch003
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85016635610
SN - 9781522509622
SP - 50
EP - 61
BT - Analyzing the Role of Citizen Science in Modern Research
PB - IGI Global
ER -