Course description

This is a free course of approximately 1.5 hours for citizen science practitioners and researchers, that provides you with a basic introduction to citizen science and requires no prior knowledge of the subject.

The course will help you to:

1. define citizen science,
   
2. understand the history and significance of citizen science and how it has evolved into the modern-day practice we see today,
   
3. understand the different typologies that have been created to explain the varying levels of public participation in citizen science. By the end of this course you will better understand the key characteristics of citizen science.
   

At the end of each section there is a short quiz or activity, and a ten question quiz at the end of the course. If you score 50% or more in the final quiz then you will earn a course completion badge.