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Scientist image and cit scientist images tk to illustrate “we connect them”
MORE ENGAGED Early adopters Dedicate time to learning Willing to invest time
Hyper Enthusiast “Jeff” Hyper Enthusiast Deeply engaged; quasi expert
Facilitator “Kathy” Spectrum of Citizen Science Volunteers Archetypes
Committed Facilitators, Amplifiers, Doers, Evangelists and Early Adopters
Multitasker “William” Mainstreamer; Participates in ~5 projects; Committed.
Toe-dipper “Taylor” LESS ENGAGED Require convenience Follow trends
Toe-dipper; Share projects on social media, may never fully engage
“1.0”
1) Finding projects 2) Joining projects 3) Tracking participation 4) Researching ecosystem
1) 2) 3) 4)
Recruit Train Equip Retain participants
FIND PROJECTS
Widget Updated Project Finder: GIS implementation
RESEARCH
Faulkner et al. 2017
FIND PARTICIPANTS
Find Volunteers
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easy to use, embeddable web snippet and API SciStarter oAuth One-click Registration System Volunteer Manager Custom Link for “one and done” projects
TRACKING
SciStarter Snippet and API 1.
2.
TRACKING
SciStarter Snippet and API “SciStarter made it easy for projects with little to no development expertise to implement the snippet. ” Connie Walker (Globe at Night) “When volunteers chose to affiliate their CoCoRaHS activities with their SciStarter dashboard, we can learn more about the other projects our volunteers join or bookmark.” Julian Turner (CoCoRaHS)
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easy to use, embeddable web snippet and API SciStarter oAuth One-click Registration System Volunteer Manager Custom Link for “one and done” projects
JOINING
JOINING
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easy to use, embeddable web snippet and API SciStarter oAuth One-click Registration System Volunteer Manager Custom Link for “one and done” projects
JOINING
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easy to use, embeddable web snippet and API SciStarter oAuth One-click Registration System Volunteer Manager Custom Link for “one and done” projects
TRACKING
Manage and Message Volunteers
TRACKING
One Click Sign Up and Volunteer Manager “The registration tool and volunteer manager allow me to easily track and organize new volunteer sign ups, reach out directly to interested citizen scientists located in areas where I need observations, to let them know about project updates, and give a heads up when swarm events are expected to occur in various parts of the country.” Chris Goforth, (Dragonfly Swarm)
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easy to use, embeddable web snippet and API SciStarter oAuth One-click Registration System Volunteer Manager Custom Link for “one and done” projects
TRACKING
Featured tools offered with SciStarter 2.0: North Carolina Candid Critters, for example, will send participants a thank you email with a custom link after camera trap season has wrapped up. This helps keep volunteers engaged in citizen science while earning credit for their past contributions.
SciStarter: Digital Community Tools DASHBOARDS
Participant Dashboard
SciStarter: Digital Community Tools DASHBOARDS
Participant Dashboard
SciStarter: Digital Community Tools DASHBOARDS
Participant Dashboard
SciStarter: Digital Community Tools DASHBOARDS
Project Owner Dashboard
SciStarter: Digital Community Tools DASHBOARDS
Project Owner Dashboard
RESEARCH
Aim 1:
Project owner perceptions
Vertical Horizontal Dabbler
Diver
Aim 2: Social Network Analysis Projects in Dashboards
Aim 3: Understand links among volunteers, participation dynamics, & outcomes Characterize volunteers Drafted Rookies
Self-selected Rookies
Veterans
Track participation dynamics Recruitment Retention Skew Progression
Outcomes Scientific Learning Conservation
Embedded Tracking Recruitment Projects in dashboard Retention Ending contributions
Skew Frequency contributions Progression Projects in dashboard Frequency contributions
Embedded Assessment Mixed methods to validate meaning of tracked patterns
Leading source of referrals “The majority of our approximately 1000 monthly referrals originate from SciStarter, an indispensible strategic partner project, ensuring that even when we aren't actively engaged in a recruitment campaign, that we have a steady influx of new users. SciStarter is excellent for citizen science.” -Pietro Michelucci, Founder, EyesOnALZ
Higher than average conversion rate (compared to other citizen science platforms and social media).
Crall et al. 2017
Future…
Issue formal credits
Connect Projects and Tools (Kits?) via Libraries, Makers, and e-commerce
Future…? Lower Barriers to participate in projects that require tools Help
citizen scientists AND scientists find and access the right tools
Curate, bundle projects, tools, instructions into kits so people can do >1 project Review and validate tools so scientists & project owners can direct people Consumer Reports-style, 3rd party resource to recommend tools Develop designs and prototypes of tools needed for citizen science projects Make Makers/manufacturers’ low cost instruments discoverable.
Future… https://scistarter.com/people-finder
Create/support local networks of participants.
Future…
Link STEM Live Events Citizen Science Science Policy
Connect tools and platforms to support seamless movement between multiple forms of engagement.
