London citizen cyberscience summit ( first day 16th february ) #LCCS2

The London Citizen Cyberscience Summit is a great chance for scientists and citizens to learn about the latest breakthroughs in citizen cyberscience. It will be a unique opportunity to brainstorm about how new technologies can enhance citizen cyberscience. http://cybersciencesummit.org/about/

  1. On the first day we set the scene. Meet some of the leading figures in citizen science and explore the process of public engagement and participation, outreach of citizen science to the developing world, and the undertaking of "extreme" citizen science projects, in rain forests, the arctic tundra, or urban jungles.
  2. #LCCS2 let the 2nd citizen cyberscience summit commence! :)
  3. First Morning Sessions : Spectrum of Citizen Science 


  4. within first 3 minutes at #LCCS2 I meet another person from Hampshire, now listening to @FrancoisGrey going through practicalities
  5. Jonathan Silvertown : Learning from two citizen science case studies  Evolution Mega Lab.org and iSpot.org.uk 

  6. #LCCS2 John Silvertown - Citizen Science case studies of Evolution Megalab and iSpot
  7.  Evolution Mega Lab.org
  8. Silvertown describes Evolution Megalab evolutionmegalab.org testing hypothesis from a paper from 1977 by Steve Jones et al. #LCCS2
  9. #LCCS2 inspired Silverton - look at the Open University @evolutionmegalab + @ispot projects - see how you can be the wisdom in the crowd
  10. citizen cyberscience summit: J Silvertown: one of main issues is verification of citizen data #lccs2
  11. Citizen Cyber Science is not always cheaper than do-it-your- self as scientist, but you get more involvement/interaction. Silvertown #LCCS2
  12. Silvertown: geographical differences in distribution of data collection by scientists and volunteers in Evolution Megalab. #LCCS2
  13. iSpot.org
  14. Jonathan Silvertown is introducing iSpot, an online tool to help people collaborate to identify species ispot.org.uk #LCCS2
  15. iSpot, using reputation system within social network to improve citizen science results #LCCS2
  16. #LCCS2 @ispot creating a new generation of expert naturalists - 7000+ obs/month - a global trend contributing to the understanding of nature

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