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Many citizen science projects deal with high attrition rates. The Dutch Great Influenza Survey is an exception to this rule. In the current study, we conducted an online questionnaire (N=1610)...
DATE: August 4th, 2016
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Citizen science has proven useful in advancing scientific research, but participant learning outcomes are not often assessed. This case study describes the implementation and tailoring of an in-depth assessment of...
DATE: January 21st, 2016
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Success stories of citizen science projects widely demonstrate the value of this open science paradigm and encourage organizations to shift towards new ways of doing research. While benefits for researchers...
DATE: January 21st, 2016
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Whereas the evolution of snow cover across forested mountain watersheds is difficult to predict or model accurately, the presence or absence of snow cover is easily observable and these observations...
DATE: January 21st, 2016
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Citizen science is one of the most dramatic developments in science communication in the last generation. But analyses of citizen science, of what it means for science and especially for...
DATE: January 21st, 2016
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The Art of Science Learning Project (AoSL) is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded initiative, founded and directed by Harvey Seifter, that uses the arts to spark creativity in science education...
DATE: August 3rd, 2016
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A county-wide public engagement event series occurring quarterly that sends pairs of scientists out into public gathering spaces such as bars, coffeehouses, libraries, and laundromats to have casual conversations with...
DATES: July 1st, 2015 - September 30th, 2017
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With funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Association of Children’s Museums and the University of Washington’s Museology Graduate Program are leading a two phased project...
DATES: October 1st, 2014 - October 1st, 2015
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For decades, particle physicists have been using open access archives of preprints, i.e. research papers shared before the submission to peer reviewed journals. With the shift to digital archives, this...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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When entering the research world, Early Career Researchers (ECRs) may encounter difficulties building a good reputation for their research, its quality and the research results. Open access is the movement...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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During the last decade universities have developed policies and infrastructures to support open access to publications but now it is time to move a step forward. There is an increasing...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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Open science is the most recent paradigm shift in the practice of science. However, it is a practice that has emerged relatively recently and as such, its definition is constantly-shifting...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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Open Science may become the next scientific revolution, but still lingers in a pre-paradigmatic phase, characterised by the lack of established definitions and domains. Certainly, Open Science requires a new...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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Open Science may become the next scientific revolution, but still lingers in a pre-paradigmatic phase, characterised by the lack of established definitions and domains. Certainly, Open Science requires a new...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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A hybrid combination of art and science is used to communicate science in a primary school setting. The purpose of the work is to enhance student awareness of the science...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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Teaching mathematics in informal settings is a relatively new phenomenon, but it has gained more attention due to the recent changes in the society. The aim of the present quantitative...
DATE: December 15th, 2015
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This study addresses an open question about science bloggers' self-perceived roles as science communicators. Previous research has investigated the roles science journalists see themselves engaging in, but such research has...
DATE: December 10th, 2015
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This paper reflects on the evaluation of and findings from a nationwide programme of physics engagement activities hosted by 10 science centres across the UK. We discuss our findings indicating...
DATE: October 30th, 2015
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded OMSI funding during the spring of 2011 to create a 2,000 sq. ft. bilingual (English/Spanish) traveling exhibition exploring current research on the human...
DATE: February 29th, 2016
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The REVEAL project is an NSF funded project to learn about how facilitation impacts family’s experiences of math exhibits. The goal of the project was to iteratively develop and...
DATE: June 1st, 2016
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The largest meeting of science journalists took place this summer in Seoul, Korea. It bore the imprint of a few of the previous ones — as a gathering to build...
DATE: September 29th, 2015
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RedPOP celebrates its 25th anniversary and the congress was a great occasion to commemorate it. More than 400 attendees from 23 countries around the world had the opportunity to talk...
DATE: September 29th, 2015
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The standardisation and selectivity of information were characteristics of science journalism in the printed medium that the digital editions of journals have inherited. This essay explores this fact from the...
DATE: July 9th, 2015
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The prioritization of neglected diseases in the policy making framework requires heightened advocacy [WHO, 2006]. Mass media positive publicity is among approaches that can be used to achieve this. This...
DATE: August 19th, 2015
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The Red de PopularizaciĂłn de la Ciencia y la TecnologĂa en AmĂ©rica latina y el Caribe (RedPOP) (Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Popularization of Science and Technology) was...
DATE: September 29th, 2015
