Investigating Audience Engagement with Citizen Science

阿德勒天文馆、约翰·霍普金斯大学和南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔分校正在调查在线公民科学项目的潜力，以扩大参与数字数据分析和调查的志愿者队伍，并深化志愿者对科学研究的参与。调查公众参与公民科学项目正在进行调查和进行案例研究，以确定导致志愿者参与以天文为重点的银河动物园项目及其Zooniverse扩建项目的因素。该项目是(1)确定志愿者加入和保持参与的动机，(2)确定影响志愿者从低参与水平到高参与水平的因素，以及(3)设计影响志愿者参与的特征。该项目的研究成果将帮助非正式的科学教育工作者和科学家改进现有的公民科学项目，并开发新的项目，以最大限度地提高志愿者的参与度，改善用户体验，并建立更具科学素养的公众。

The Adler Planetarium, Johns Hopkins University, and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville are investigating the potential of online citizen science projects to broaden the pool of volunteers who participate in analysis and investigation of digital data and to deepen volunteers' engagement in scientific inquiry. The Investigating Audience Engagement with Citizen Science project is administering surveys and conducting case studies to identify factors that lead volunteers to engage in the astronomy-focused Galaxy Zoo project and its Zooniverse extensions. The project is (1) identifying volunteers' motivations for joining and staying involved, (2) determining factors that influence volunteers' movement from lower to higher levels of involvement, and (3) designing features that influence volunteer involvement. The project's research findings will help informal science educators and scientists refine existing citizen science programs and develop new ones that maximize volunteer engagement, improve the user experience, and build a more scientifically literate public.