RESOURCES AND TRAININGS ONLINE

Internal Training Pyramid In this collection of online resources you will find internal and external courses, and educational material for self-paced study. The courses are organized in four different categories:

  • Research & technology,
  • Open science & Responsible Research Innovation
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Career coaching
Everybody is encouraged to upload a course that might be of interest to the broader scientific community by sending an email to training@crg.eu or via this link HERE .

Citizen Science and Scientific Crowdsourcing: an Introduction

This online course will introduce you to the theory and practice of citizen science and scientific crowdsourcing.

Citizen science is the participation of members of the public in scientific projects, including the engaging a large group of people in the creation of new scientific knowledge (crowdsourcing). 

You'll explore the history, theoretical foundations, and practical aspects of designing and running citizen science projects.

By the end of the course, you'll have a good understanding of citizen science and be familiar with the academic literature in this area.



Organization/Institute/University:  UCL 
Link to the resource: 
  https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/2020/12/03/introduction-to-citizen-science/
Main topics:

You'll then learn about:

  • the technical aspects of citizen science projects 
  • how to make projects participant-centred
  • volunteer management
  • user-centred design and human-computer interaction
  • data issues in citizen science - managing data and ensuring quality
  • environmental citizen science
  • ethics and legal issues
  • evaluation and policy
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 Anna Solé Amat on Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 8:32 AM
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