Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference
University of Dundee and WeObserve
This online course gave students an opportunity to investigate what citizen science and citizen observatories are, and explained what projects are available, what they do and how to get involved. Students engaged with the general process of a citizen science project and found out about the tools used. Students modelled the steps involved in creating a citizen science project, discussed simple environmental datasets, and evaluated the potential of citizen science in bringing about change.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor Mel Woods
Chair in Creative Intelligence
University of Dundee
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Investigate what citizen science and citizen observatories are.
- Explore what projects are available, what they do and how to get involved.
- Engage with the general process of a citizen science project, the tools used and where to find them.
- Model the steps to create your own citizen science project.
- Collect and analyse data on environmental issues such as air pollution, water quality, soil quality, and land use, and discuss the results of your findings.
- Evaluate the potential of citizen science in bringing about change.
Syllabus
- Understanding the issue or problem: exploring environmental issues and deciding on a research focus.
- Creating a community: finding the people who are brought together by a shared concern and positively nurturing the sharing of ideas and experiences.
- Deciding what data to collect: using the research question(s) to select what information will be gathered.
- Capturing or generating the data: collecting the information, keeping motivated and engaged.
- Analysing the data: interpreting the data, being able to spot trends and anomalies.
- Disseminating results: using the findings from the data to communicate with others about the environmental concern.
- Change-making / planning action: using the findings to lobby for change, or plan an intervention or action to inform others about the environmental concern.
Issued on 16th January 2020
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