Course: Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference (Part 2)

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Learn to capture and analyse data and use the findings to take action.
Would you like to understand the environment and other global challenges to help create change? Citizen science projects and citizen observatories are the ideal way to explore big issues, take action and become a changemaker.
This is the second of a four-part course designed by the WeObserve project partners (see the bottom of this page for further details) that takes approximately 3-hours to complete. You need no prior knowledge of citizen science to complete this course.
In this part we will:
help you to decide what data you need to collect as part of your project, and the challenges you might encounter;
introduce you to a range of tools for collecting data and how to set-up a protocol for collecting data;
reflect on the experience gained from several other projects on how to train data collectors;
introduce you to Makerspaces and DIY citizen science.
Click here to enrol in this course and use enrolment key weobserve2 to do so. Once you enrol you will be able to take quizzes and receive a badge upon successful course completion.
The WeObserve project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 776740. The project consortium was made up of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in Spain, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) in Greece, University of Dundee in Scotland, European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) in Germany and Autorita di Bacino dei Fiumi Isonzo Tagliamento Livenza Piave Brenta Bacchiglione (AAWA) in Italy. The entire contents of this course can also be found here: DOI 10.20933/100001193
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Welcome and introduction
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Select section Deciding what data to collect

Deciding what data to collect
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Select section Developing protocols for data collection

Developing protocols for data collection
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Training for data collection
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capturing or generating the data
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summary and self-assessment
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Further reading and learning
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Section outline

Learn to capture and analyse data and use the findings to take action.