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20/04/2016

Crowdsourcing the Human Gut. Is crowdsourcing also 'citizen science'?

Lorenzo Del Savio, Barbara Prainsack and Alena Buyx

The participation of non-professionally trained people in so-called citizen science (CS) projects is a much discussed topic at the moment.

20/04/2016

Understanding volunteer motivations to participate in citizen science projects: a deeper look at water quality monitoring

Bethany Alender

Volunteer water quality monitors represent the intersection between citizen science and environmental stewardship.

20/04/2016

Motivations, learning and creativity in online citizen science

Charlene Jennett, Laure Kloetzer, Daniel Schneider, Ioanna Iacovides, Anna Cox, Margaret Gold, Brian Fuchs, Alexandra Eveleigh, Kathleen Mathieu, Zoya Ajani and Yasmin Talsi

Online citizen science projects have demonstrated their usefulness for research, however little is known about the potential benefits for volunteers.

20/04/2016

BioBlitzes help science communicators engage local communities in environmental research

Erin Roger and Sarah Klistorner

There is growing recognition that effective science communication should not merely focus on addressing scientific literacy but must also open dialogue between scientists and the public, build trus

20/04/2016

Science learning via participation in online citizen science

Karen Masters, Eun Young Oh, Joe Cox, Brooke Simmons, Chris Lintott, Gary Graham, Anita Greenhill and Kate Holmes

We investigate the development of scientific content knowledge of volunteers participating in online citizen science projects in the Zooniverse (http://www.zooni

04/03/2016

Media portrayal of non-invasive prenatal testing: a missing ethical dimension

Kalina Kamenova, Vardit Ravitsky, Spencer McMullin and Timothy Caulfield

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is an emerging technology for detecting chromosomal disorders in the fetus and mass media may have an impact on shaping the public understanding of its promise

24/02/2016

Understanding drivers, barriers and information sources for public participation in marine citizen science

Vicki Martin, Les Christidis, David Lloyd and Gretta Pecl

Interviews were conducted with 110 marine users to elicit their salient beliefs about recording marine species in a citizen science project.

16/02/2016

The extent of engagement, the means of invention: measuring debate about mirror neurons in the humanities and social sciences

David Gruber

Mirror neurons (MN) — or neurons said to be able to "mirror" the sensed environment — have been widely popularized and referenced across many academic fields.

21/01/2016

Challenges and successes in engaging citizen scientists to observe snow cover: from public engagement to an educational collaboration

Susan Dickerson-Lange, Karla Eitel, Leslie Dorsey, Timothy Link and Jessica Lundquist

Whereas the evolution of snow cover across forested mountain watersheds is difficult to predict or model accurately, the presence or absence of snow cover is easily observable and these observation

21/01/2016

Cell Spotting: educational and motivational outcomes of cell biology citizen science project in the classroom

Cândida Silva, Antonio Jose Monteiro, Caroline Manahl, Eduardo Lostal, Teresa Schäfer, Nazareno Andrade, Francisco Brasileiro, Paulo Mota, Fermin Serrano Sanz, Jose Carrodeguas and Rui Brito

Success stories of citizen science projects widely demonstrate the value of this open science paradigm and encourage organizations to shift towards new ways of doing research.

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