Author ORCID Identifier

Andrea Wiggins

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2012

Publication Title

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volume

10

Issue

6

First Page

298

Last Page

307

Abstract

Citizen science creates a nexus between science and education that, when coupled with emerging technologies, expands the frontiers of ecological research and public engagement. Using representative technologies and other examples, we examine the future of citizen science in terms of its research processes, program and participant cultures, and scientific communities. Future citizen‐science projects will likely be influenced by sociocultural issues related to new technologies and will continue to face practical programmatic challenges. We foresee networked, open science and the use of online computer/video gaming as important tools to engage non‐traditional audiences, and offer recommendations to help prepare project managers for impending challenges. A more formalized citizen‐science enterprise, complete with networked organizations, associations, journals, and cyberinfrastructure, will advance scientific research, including ecology, and further public education.

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© The Ecological Society of America

https://doi.org/10.1890/110294

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