Direct Assessment of Skills in Citizen Science: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities
Research Symposium:
2017 Research Symposium: San Juan, Puerto Rico (Virtual Symposium)Presenters
Rachel Becker-Klein,
PEER Associates
Cathlyn Stylinski,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Abstract
We will share our approach and findings on opportunities and challenges associated with directly assessing volunteers’ skills in the context of citizen science. We will focus on embedded assessments and will discuss your experience, perspective and questions with this method to understand participants’ skills and even behavioral change.