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Robert D. Stevenson University of Massachusetts Boston http://efg.cs.umb.edu/ robert.stevenson@umb.edu. An Overview of Citizen Science Needs for Biodiversity Standards and Tools. Science Framework. Science. PI Lab. Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale. Framework. Lab Consortium. Science.
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Robert D. Stevenson University of Massachusetts Boston http://efg.cs.umb.edu/ robert.stevenson@umb.edu An Overview of Citizen Science Needs for Biodiversity Standards and Tools
Science Framework Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Framework Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Papers, Data not archived Papers, Friends share data Sharing Information Community Data Archived NEON Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Papers, Data not archived Papers, Friends share data Sharing Information Community Data Archived NEON Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasingly Specialized Role for People and Need for Science Library Infrastructure Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Framework Increasing % of Volunteer Effort NEON Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Naturalist Citizen Science Framework NEON Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
Observation to Reviewed Shared Record (RSR) Naturalist Natural History Club or Watershed Group eBird Citizen Science CitSci Framework NEON Lab Consortium Science PI Lab Increasing Spatial & Temporal Scale
The Invisible Gorillaby Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons Illusions of Attention Memory Confidence Knowledge Cause
Quality Assurance Project Plans Initial and continued Training of Observers Rating Observers Experience in participation Review by more experienced observers Electronic Filtering based on previous data collected Recheck with Observer Digital Voucher Data Quality
Domain experts Interface designer Educators Software Engineers Scientists Working in Teams Remembering what motivates and what discourages citizens
Know the Human Observation Sensor! From a stroll by the stream to RSRs
Standards: Common names in the Global Names Service Architecture • Tools that: Promote field naturalists groups to standardize names and interact with taxonomists Use Common Names --
As more citizen science data gets published and used, especially in conjunction with other data, scientists want to now about data quality. More Explicit Support for Data Quality
Support for Ecological Studies Habitats Microhabitats Methods for observations - Sampling effort Ecological relationships