Badges for Nature (HASTAC/DML proposal)
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Building Citizen Science: A Natural History Badge Ecosystem Jon Rosewell, iSpot, The Open University Jeff Holmes, EOL, Harvard University
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‘Badges for Natural History’ will recognize and reward the knowledge and skills of the new generation of naturalists that are making a great contribution to our understanding of the world’s biodiversity. These badges will be issued first by a group of eight projects from across the globe. Badge earners will be able to move their badges between sites as they share their knowledge and experience of natural history across the world.
Transcript of Badges for Nature (HASTAC/DML proposal)
Building Citizen Science: A Natural History Badge Ecosystem
Jon Rosewell, iSpot, The Open University Jeff Holmes, EOL, Harvard University
Building Citizen Science
“Our knowledge of the living world is so incomplete, that we are at risk of losing a great
deal of it before it is even discovered.”E.O. Wilson
Building Citizen Science
Building Citizen Science
Building Citizen Science
Building Citizen Science
Building Citizen Science
…with Open Badges Infrastructure
Badges need redesign for use across all projects
Issues!
• How to design a coherent badge system to cover varying:– Skills– Biological group– Geographical region– Level– Issuer
Skills
• Identification skills
• Data contributor
• Science skills
• Eco-tourism, environmental policies
• Content curation
Biological groups
Geographical regions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozones.svg
Branding
Badges need to show the identity of the issuer
Composite badges
Issuer
SkillRegion
Biological group
Level
Phase 1
1. iSpot (& iSpot SA)• Implement OBI for existing badge design• Drupal & PHP
2. Encyclopedia of Life• Implement curator badge in OBI• Ruby on Rails
3. India Biodiversity Portal• Design badges, implement in OBI• Java (Jetty & Grails)
Phase 2
1. iNaturalist
2. Mushroom Observer
3. INBio
4. Atlas of Living Australia
All to participate in badge design, but delay implementation until lead project have blazed trail
Timeline
• April-June Initial design & prototyping
• July Technical workshop
• Aug-Oct Implementation on lead sitesDesign on Phase 2 sites
• Nov Plenary meeting
• Dec-March Full implementation
Building Citizen Science: A Natural History Badge Ecosystem
• Skills– identification– data contributor– curation
• Strong geographic focus
• Possible badges for ‘first observer’
INBio / Cyberhives
• Earn points for contributions:– Postings in forums– Participation in training sessions– Uploading and sharing images– Survey contribution– Uploading and sharing documents– Participation in webinars with experts– Field trips to wild areas– Final presentation of research project
• Tariff: 1 = 10pts, 10 = 20pts, 30 = 30pts
India Biodiversity Portal
• Badges:– contribution to observations – curation of species pages – peer assessment on competence in ecology
and environmental policy
“We believe the Open Badges program for India will truly empower learners and provide opportunities and livelihoods. We think there is an unmet need for naturalists and the badges program can fill this need very nicely.”
Collection managerCitizen science userVolunteerData provider
