Volunteer engagement, management and care
This free course is aimed at anyone who will spend time interacting with citizen scientists. This course will introduce you to a variety of means to promote effective communication between …
Storytelling for citizen science
This course will give you the ground and tools to look in a different way at how you can communicate about your current project and how to craft a story …
Doing citizen science as open science: what, why and how
This is a high-level course introducing the ethical imperative for conducting citizen science as open science, including what open science is and how its outputs and processes can be incorporated …
Your Right to Privacy Online
The free course is designed to assist the general public with understanding of ‘personal data’ and our rights to privacy online.
Our data is collected across the Internet through digital …
Leading a ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop
This is a free course for citizen science practitioners looking to employ ‘Train the Trainer’ within their project or activity. Train the Trainer (TTT) is a learning method that equips …
Designing for learning through citizen science
This is a free course that provides an introduction to designing and delivering for learning through participation in citizen science.
It is designed for both formal and informal educators, as …
Citizen Science Typologies
This free course is aimed at anyone wishing to learn about the different approaches for classifying citizen science activities. It requires some basic knowledge and understanding of citizen science. The …
Introduction to Citizen Science
This free course for citizen science practitioners and researchers provides you with a basic introduction to citizen science and requires no prior knowledge of the subject.
The course will help …
Citizen Science with Geographic Information Systems and associated technologies (GIS&T)
Citizen Science is defined as the participation of non-professional volunteers in scientific projects (Dickson et al, 2010) and has experienced rapid growth over the past decade. The projects that are …
Citizen Science and Scientific Crowdsourcing: an Introduction
Formal university course on a variety of different citizen science topics from theory to practice of citizen science: requires registration.
Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference
"Would you like to understand the environment and help create change? A citizen science project or observatory is the ideal way to explore environmental issues, take action and become a …
Open Science Training Handbook
Basic facts of CS (e.g., approach, law, ethics, data)
Community Planning Toolkit
Guidance on the issues to consider when planning and designing community engagement.
Californian Academy Sciences Citizen Science Toolkit: Teaching Science Through Citizen …
This toolkit is designed to help educators integrate citizen science projects into classroom curricula or afterschool programming. It contains resources—including lessons, readings, and worksheets—to help communicate the value of citizen …
Natural History Museum Guide to Citizen Science
Guide to help design and implement a citizen science project relating to biodiversity or the environment
Orion MOOC
An introduction to Open Science principles in biomedicine, life sciences and other related research fields.