digital technologies – Citizen Science Today

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...