In the second seminar of the CSCS Network, Gavin Willshaw, Scott Renton and Claire Knowles, from the Edinburgh University’s Information Services, Library & University Collections, discussed the main aspects behind the library’s new metadata game, a digital crowdsourcing metadata tagging game (described by Gavin Willshaw in this video) which aims to improve the descriptive metadata [...]
The first event of the network welcomed Grant Miller, the communications lead for the Zooniverse on-line citizen science platform, and Mark Hartswood, the co-founder of the Edinburgh University Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Network. Their presentations took place at the Social Informatics Forum on the 28th of May 2015, and it was an ideal launch of [...]
This workshop will address the methodological, ethical and service dimensions of using Paid Crowdsourcing Services such as Amazon Mechanical Turk in research, in order to inform University policy, and the work of individual academics and students. Topics: Methodology: designing appropriate and good quality research using paid crowdsourced microwork; Knowing your crowd; managing crowd workers; getting [...]
Come and join us in welcoming Antoine Blanchard (Chargé de programmes Numérique + Transfert Mission Investissements d'avenir, University of Bordeaux) and discussing Citizen Science projects, best practices and networks with him. Antoine will be visiting the University of Edinburgh at the end of May and this is a perfect opportunity not just to introduce him [...]
The Edinburgh University Citizen Science and Crowdsourced Data and Evidence Network are pleased to host a mini-symposium on the theme of "Getting involved in the life-sciences - bringing ecology to the citizen" with the aim of showcasing citizen science projects connected to ecology or evolution within Scotland or connected to Edinburgh University. Speakers include: Rob Cubey on [...]
We are pleased to invite you to our workshop “How to crowdsource behavioural data in the social sciences”, with Jon Carr and Jasmeen Kanwal (Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh). Thursday, April 7th, 11:00–13:00, Dugald Stewart Building, Room 1.20 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD, http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps?building=dugald-stewart-building DESCRIPTION Experiments with human participants are increasingly being conducted [...]
We are delighted to invite you to our next seminar “Crowdsourcing Social History”, with Kate Lindsay (University of Oxford/Academic IT Services) and Melissa Highton (University of Edinburgh/Learning, Teaching and Web Services Division). Friday, 1st April 2016, 10.30 am – 1.00 pm, CMB (Chrystal Macmillan Building), Staff Room (6th floor), 15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD [...]
The Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Show & Tell event took place in the Event Space of the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) on Tuesday 24 November 2015, from 13.00 to 16.30. It was one of the two events organized by our network (in partnership with the NMS) on the same day, the second one [...]
This day sees two public events run in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland: Public Lecture with Dr Erinma Ochu, MBE, FRSA We are please to invite Dr Erinma Ochu, Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, who will give a public lecture at the National Museum of Scotland. Erinma highlights the ways in which citizen participation [...]
Want to join a citizen science project, or run one as part of your research or teaching? The Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Show & Tell will show-case projects and initiatives on citizen science and crowdsourcing from a number of individuals and organisations. Join us for this mini-festival of citizen science and crowdsourcing and discover how [...]
