Broad Implementation - COASSTNET: Scaling Up COASSTal Citizen Science

广泛实施 - COASSTNET：扩大 COASSTal 公民科学

• 批准号: 1114734
• 负责人: Julia Parrish
• 金额: $ 31.37万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-11-01 至 2013-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1114734&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broad; Implementation; COASSTNET; Scaling; Up

University of Washington researchers and their collaborators are evaluating the impacts and effectiveness of a citizen science program called COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) that engages 600 trained non-scientists in collecting data on beached birds found on more than 300 beaches from the north coast of California to Alaska. The goals of the COASST program are to expand coastal citizen involvement in scientifically meaningfully science and improve the use of citizen science as a tool for scientific inquiry and resource management. Project personnel are analyzing current COASST materials and activities to determine (1) the best uses of COASST bird data, (2) how to maximize engagement of coastal citizens in COASST's scientific activities, (3) how to increase COASST participant learning, skills development, awareness and action, and (4) how to scale up the project by developing additional materials and facilitating adoption of the COASST model by other organizations around the country. The analysis includes an evaluation study of the existing beached bird instructional module to identify successful components for future use and determine whether the balance between automation and individualization of components, such as the materials, website, and training, optimizes participant experience. The project team is also working with current participants, marine scientists, and marine natural resource managers via surveys, focus groups and design and testing groups, to determine what other types of data are important for citizen scientists to collect. The project's findings will help researchers understand how citizens, scientists, and resource managers can partner to engage the public in rigorous citizen science activities, create a flexible citizen science program that can be scaled-up demographically and geographically, and work with new and existing COASST participants, COASST data end-users, and potential COASST model adopters to meet new scientific, educational, and resource management needs.

华盛顿大学的研究人员和他们的合作者正在评估一个名为COASST（海岸观察和海鸟调查小组）的公民科学计划的影响和有效性，该计划吸引了600名训练有素的非科学家，收集从加州北海岸到阿拉斯加的300多个海滩上发现的海滩鸟类的数据。COASST计划的目标是扩大沿海公民参与科学有意义的科学，并改善公民科学作为科学探究和资源管理工具的使用。项目人员正在分析当前的COASST材料和活动，以确定（1）COASST鸟类数据的最佳用途，（2）如何最大限度地提高沿海居民对COASST科学活动的参与，（3）如何增加COASST参与者的学习，技能发展，意识和行动，以及（4）如何通过开发额外的材料和促进全国其他组织采用COASST模式来扩大项目规模。该分析包括现有的海滩鸟教学模块的评估研究，以确定成功的组件供未来使用，并确定是否自动化和个性化的组件，如材料，网站和培训，优化参与者的经验之间的平衡。该项目小组还通过调查、焦点小组、设计和测试小组与当前参与者、海洋科学家和海洋自然资源管理人员合作，以确定公民科学家收集的其他类型的数据是重要的。该项目的研究结果将帮助研究人员了解公民、科学家和资源管理人员如何合作，让公众参与严格的公民科学活动，创建一个灵活的公民科学计划，可以在人口和地理上扩大规模，并与新的和现有的COASST参与者，COASST数据最终用户和潜在的COASST模型采用者合作，以满足新的科学，教育和资源管理需求。