🔴 Course description:
This is a free course of 2 hours that benefits from access to the lessons learned from COMPASS, a citizen science project competitively funded by the Spanish Government and aimed to evaluate the usability of a mHealth intervention in a primary school setting.
No prior knowledge in science reporting is needed for this course.
This course is well suited for those that would like to start a citizen science project integrated into school curricula.
By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Recognize the key stages of a citizen science project and the required adaptation to the particular circumstances of a primary or secondary school
- Understand and learn how to build community before planning a citizen science project
- Plan the systematic procedure of data collection and the process of analysis and interpretation of information gathered in the classroom context
- Highlight the evaluation of citizen science projects, once finished, as a tool to improve the processes and outcomes.
💡Access information
This course allows 1) guest access (no registration required) and 2) self-enrollment as a user.
Type of access
Using guest access allows you to see course content freely but does not enable you to save your learning progress or earn a badge. Self-enrollment as a user allows you to see the course content, save your learning progress and earn a badge.
How to access
Guest access: enter the key ‘ClassroomToolkit’ into option “Guest access” below.
Self-enrollment: To self- enroll first create your account on the citizenscience.eu platform - then on the ECS Academy (it is a two step process). Once you have created your account on the ECS Academy you will be able to enroll without a key.