All Outputs (2)

Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance (2019)
Journal Article
Sprinks, J., Houghton, R., Bamford, S., & Morley, J. G. (2019). Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 54(6), 1325-1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13277

Virtual citizen science platforms allow nonscientists to take part in scientific research across a range of disciplines, including planetary science. What is required of the volunteer can vary considerably in terms of task type, variety, judgment req... Read More about Planet Four: Craters—Optimizing task workflow to improve volunteer engagement and crater counting performance.

A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016 (2019)
Journal Article
Houghton, R., Sprinks, J., Wardlaw, J., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (2019). A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010201

We discuss the potential application to virtual citizen science of a recent standard (BS ISO 27500:2016 “The human-centred organisation”) which encourages the adoption of a sociotechnical systems perspective across a wide range of businesses, organiz... Read More about A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016.