Online Citizen Science and the Widening of Academia Distributed Engagement with Research and Knowledge Production /

• Main Author: Curtis, Vickie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education
• Subjects: Educational technology.; Alternative Education.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Science education.; Educational Technology.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Science and Technology Studies.; Science Education.

This book examines the increasing popularity of online citizen science projects arising from developments in ICT and rapid improvements in data storage and generation. As these new technologies allow for much higher levels of participation, collaboration and interaction, the author explores what onl...