Sources and acknowledgements for this module

Please download for background reading: Chapter 6 Design for Learning (pp. 125-142) in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018). Learning Through Citizen Science: Enhancing Opportunities by Design. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25183. This will help you to understand the theory that this training puts into practice.

I would also like to recognise the support and feedback of my colleagues on the LEARN CitSci project at the Natural History Museum. This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust [Grant No. 206202/Z/17/Z] with the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the National Science Foundation [1647276].

I would also like to thank the following reviewers for valuable feedback on early drafts of the module: Theodosios Kassandros, Andreas Gavros, Katerina Bakousi, Astrid Neumann (Österreich Forscht and BOKU) and Ana I. Benavides Lahnstein (Postdoctoral Researcher, LEARN CitSci team, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity, the Natural History Museum London).

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