COASSTal Communities of Science

COASST科学界

• 批准号: 1322820
• 负责人: Julia Parrish
• 金额: $ 268.93万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1322820&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COASSTal; Communities; Science; COASSTal; Communities; Science

COASSTal Communities of Science is a citizen-science project whose goal is to increase the scientific and educational reach of a highly successful, action-oriented and rigorous citizen science program - the Coastal Observation And Seabird Survey Team (COASST), by adding a new data module on marine debris that will feature innovative technological approaches including mobile apps and web-based crowdsourcing. The marine debris module will complement an existing module on beached birds, allowing COASST to more completely assess coastal environmental health. For instance, marine debris data, focused particularly on issues of invasive species, harm to wildlife, and debris sourcing, will be immediately useful in marine science and resource management. Once designed and vetted by professional scientists and science educators, the new module will be implemented by citizen scientists in over 100 in-community trainings conducted throughout the COASST geographic range, from northern California to the coast of Alaska, including remote coastal communities with limited access to scientific information. Over 1,000 new participants will join the program, bringing the total number of active volunteers to 2,000 within the 4 years of the project. A complementary social science research component will advance the field of informal STEM learning by focusing on the factors facilitating recruitment and especially retention in citizen science projects, using COASST as a model. The current models of science learning in informal contexts will be extended by bringing them together with conceptual approaches to the development of interest, communities of practice, and activity theory. Research will specifically focus on differences in individual motivation to join COASST; follow participants as they enter the program and eventually become central members of the COASST community of practice; and assess the degree to which individual, programmatic and socio-cultural factors contribute to participant retention. A linked independent evaluation will assess the depth of learning individuals experience as a function the training and materials they receive, and amount and type of data they collect. Both research and evaluation components will utilize pre/post surveys, interviews, and longitudinal journaling.

Coasstal Science社区是一个公民科学项目，其目标是通过在海上碎片上添加一个新的数据模块来提高一项非常成功，面向行动的公民科学计划（Coastal Observation and Seabird调查团队（COASST））的科学和教育范围，该数据模块将以创新技术方法为基础移动应用程序和网络基于网络的Crowdsscrosscomperscomperscomperss and Marine Derbris。 海洋碎片模块将补充海滩鸟类的现有模块，从而使Coasst更加完全评估沿海环境健康。 例如，海洋碎片数据特别关注入侵物种，对野生动植物和碎片采购的问题将立即在海洋科学和资源管理中有用。 一旦由专业科学家和科学教育工作者设计和审查，新模块将由100多个社区内培训的公民科学家实施，从北加州到阿拉斯加海岸，包括偏远的沿海社区，包括有限的科学信息访问权限。 超过1,000名新参与者将加入该计划，在项目的4年内使活跃志愿者的总数达到2,000。互补的社会科学研究部分将通过关注促进招聘，尤其是在公民科学项目中保留的因素（以COASST为模型）来推动非正式的STEM学习领域。 非正式环境中科学学习的当前模型将通过将概念的方法与兴趣发展，实践社区和活动理论结合在一起来扩展。 研究将特别关注加入Coasst的个体动机差异；跟随参与者进入该计划，并最终成为Coasst实践社区的中心成员；并评估个人，程序化和社会文化因素有助于参与者保留的程度。 链接的独立评估将评估学习个人经验的深度，即他们收到的培训和材料以及收集的数据的数量和类型。 研究和评估组件都将使用前/后调查，访谈和纵向期刊。