Plenary talk at the 2015 EFL Showcase. Alice Mauchline, University of Reading

1. Motivations for integrating
Citizen Science
into Higher Education curricula

2. Citizen Science
• Involvement of volunteers
in science projects
• Collection of ecological &
environmental
information
Citizen Science

3. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

4. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

5. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

6. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

7. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

8. Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

9. Students’ thoughts on using KiteSite in BYOD field session
Development of a campus
biodiversity recording app

10. 1. Skills training
Scientific skills: Sampling strategy & techniques, digital mapping,
data accuracy and reliability issues…
‘Soft skills’: digital literacies, global citizenship, team working…
Teaching motivations

11. 2. Active Learning (Fieldwork)
For large class sizes
For MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
Enquiry-based learning
Teaching motivations

12. 3. Students’ engagement in their learning (fun!)
Teaching motivations

13. Teaching motivations
….More?

14. Project Splatter (Sarah Perkins)

15. Where?
When?
What?
@projectsplatter
Project Splatter – Social media
PLATform for Estimating Roadkill

16. Research questions:
Where – spatial hotspots?
When – temporal hotspots?
Protected species?
Mapping invasive species
Behavioural studies
Project Splatter – Social media
PLATform for Estimating Roadkill

17. Skills training
Scientific skills: wildlife identification, data analysis, GIS,
mapping, project design, GIS, data mining in Twitter, data
management and handling, web design, grant writing
‘Soft skills’: Twitteracy, professional online behaviour, media
skills, creativity
What is this?
What do you think?
Project Splatter
Send me stuff

18. How to manage citizen science generated big data?
Project Splatter

19. Motivations for using Citizen Science in HE
Inputs
Project design
Project implementation
Outputs
Outcomes

20. Motivations for using Citizen Science in HE
Inputs
Project design
Project implementation
Outputs
Outcomes