CyberSEES: Type 1: Collaborative Research: Infrastructure and Technology Supporting Citizen Science Data Usage and Distribution for Education and Sustainability

该项目将开发和研究一个概念验证型网络基础设施，以支持有效分发和使用来自公民科学的数据，这是一种让志愿者和专业人员参与真正科学研究的合作形式，结合生态和社会科学研究来改进系统并展示数据的效用。通过物种多样性、物候学和地理发生记录生命变化程度的生物多样性数据将由科学教室生成，并交付给需要这些数据进行可持续性研究的科学家，丰富正在进行的入侵物种、生物多样性和气候科学的研究。访谈和调查将有助于确定和解决与公民科学数据共享相关的科学、社会和技术挑战。这项研究将带来：1)在全国各地的课堂上提供新的动手干学习机会；2)在专业研究环境和参与课堂中进行可持续发展的生态研究；3)洞察改善公民科学数据分布和使用的机遇、挑战和策略。

This project will develop and study a proof-of-concept cyberinfrastructure to support effective distribution and use of data from citizen science, a form of collaboration engaging both volunteers and professionals in authentic scientific research, with integrated ecological and social science research to improve the system and demonstrate the utility of the data. Biodiversity data that document the degree of variation of life through species diversity, phenology, and geographic occurrence will be generated by science classrooms and delivered to scientists who need this data for sustainability research, enriching ongoing studies of invasive species, biodiversity, and climate science. Interviews and surveys will help identify and address scientific, social, and technological challenges associated with citizen science data sharing.The research will result in: 1) new hands-on STEM learning opportunities in classrooms across the nation; 2) ecological research on sustainability in both professional research settings and in participating classrooms; and 3) insights into opportunities, challenges, and strategies for improving the distribution and use of citizen science data.