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Editor’s Choice: Defining principles for mobile apps and platforms development in citizen science

Tue, 01 May 2018 18:00:45 +0000

Editor’s Choice: The focus of this paper is a summary of two workshops held to better understand the design and development principles for mobile or web-based citizen science platforms. The recommendations from the working groups are well worth reading – even if you think you know everything about developing citizen science projects! – LFF Abstract:...

Defining principles for mobile apps and platforms development in citizen science

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:00:35 +0000

Abstract: Mobile apps and web-based platforms are increasingly used in citizen science projects. While extensive research has been done in multiple areas of studies, from Human-Computer Interaction to public engagement in science, we are not aware of a collection of recommendations specific for citizen science that provides support and advice for planning, design and data...

Editor’s Choice: Scientific data from and for the citizen

Sven Schade, Chrisa Tsinaraki, Elena Rogli — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:00:15 +0000

Editor’s Choice: For everyone who thinks they are a practitioner of Citizen Science, this article is a must read as it drives home the need for clear data management practices with Citizen Science projects especially as we see the dramatic proliferation of CS projects. Will your data obtained from volunteers be maximally useful in potentially combining...