CS Track partner URJC presented a virtual poster and a video presentation entitled “A case study on communication to boost Citizen Science social education: CS Track Community Platform” during the International New Perspectives in Science Education Conference on 18 March. This presentation provided a brief contextualization of Citizen Science projects as well as describing how the CS Track project team is developing a Community Platform, with different kinds of contents. This platform offers relevant information about other CS projects and key outcomes as well as recommendations, reports and other resources all of which can be useful to those interested in citizen science in both formal as well as informal science education including teacher training.
Special collection on citizen science in higher education published
Citizen Science: Theory and Practice journal has just released a new special collection on citizen science in Higher Education. This special collection explores the ways both online and field-based citizen science can be integrated in higher education as a tool for...
