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Volunteer engagement, management and care
This free course is aimed at anyone who will spend time interacting with citizen scientists. This course will introduce you to a variety of means to promote effective communication between …
Empowerment through co-designed Citizen Science in education
This free course provides insights into how citizen science may empower participants and favour democracy. It also shows practical ways of including citizen science in higher education programmes in order …
Estrategias y herramientas de comunicación aplicadas a proyectos de ciencia …
This is a free course for anyone wishing to learn about the different approaches for engaging citizens as stakeholders and learn basic techniques of communication for disseminating your citizen science …
Science Communication MOOC
This course explains why science communication is important and what it looks like in practice. It also teaches you the basic concepts and fundamental skills you need to master science …
MOOC "Have you seen an alien?"
The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) Citizen Science activities aim at bringing together people, scientists and policy makers in an effort to monitor and control invasive alien species (IAS) …
Citizen Science in Your Community: A Guide to Getting Involved
This guide is aimed at anyone who would like to know how to try out citizen science in their community. It explains the benefits of citizen science, notes the reliance …
A Guide to using Social Media in your Citizen Science …
A report on the importance of social media use for citizen science, some descriptions of types of social media, how to use social media to achieve such goals as spreading …
Citizen Science – Motivations, Progression and Accreditation
This report provides an insight into Citizen Science motivations, progression routes and investigates whether formal accreditation would benefit Citizen Science participants and add value to the data collected. It looks …
Lessons from citizen science for community engagement practice
A lively blogpost which may be very useful to the citizen science practitioner interested in creating a community of citizen scientists. It emphasises the importance of people building something together, …
The Conservation Volunteers' Guide to Engaging Volunteers in Citizen Science …
A guide based on research in Scotland in engaging people in Citizen Science, particularly in the area of conservation. It looks at who gets involved and why, recruitment methods, engagement …
Community Planning Toolkit
Guidance on the issues to consider when planning and designing community engagement.
CSA WEBINAR: Wide Angle Lens of Volunteer Engagement with UMN …
A model that describes the full life cycle of a volunteer’s experience across their volunteering career, putting training in the context of other essential program components.
The Librarian's Guide to Citizen Science
Understanding, planning, and sustaining ongoing engagement in citizen science at your library.