Editing Zooniverse research (2016-2017 archive) (section)

=== 04-04-16 to 04-13-16 ===

[https://www.zooniverse.org/lab-best-practices/introduction '''Zooniverse Best Practices''']

*building a great project
**Some of our most successful projects in terms of engagement have been those built in cooperation with volunteers. (all)
**You can (and should) discuss your research goals in depth on your project’s Research page. (directive)
**two way communication--volunteer testing (including the formal Zooniverse "project review" stage) will reveal things to alter (directive, social)
*the launch rush
**importance of the launch period, most traffic during initial spike
**Write a newsletter. (directive? informational?)
**have a promotion plan, recruit from outside zooniverse
**use talk during initial launch (all)
**moderators for talk (all)
*in for the long hall
**reminder emails (all)
**create community--more commitment from volunteers involved in talk (all, social)
**positive feedback, report on accomplishments (transactional)


'''notes from observations''' [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SVroeouuxPLIVybM8H0aZVQXVefJYYXCO-H6wd_kzac/edit?usp=sharing '''(classification shared doc)''']

* question level vs. board/discussion level
* scientist feedback and volunteer feedback--supports shared leadership
* ''most feedback isn't exactly "leadership".  responding to requests for information, information sharing, not exactly directive leadership.''
* single response vs multi-response questions
* questions from research team vs questions from public
* ''most chat is response to questions''
* ''not much traditional "leadership" because instructions are pretty clear/explicit. most discussion above & beyond the project''
** only examples of transactional (and possibly directive) leadership
** we might find examples of social leadership, but likely in smaller projects
* could "questions asked" be an independent variable?

* is an informational post directive leadership?  is it directive leadership when it responds to a question?
** information sharing is an important component of engaging volunteers, but isn't necessarily "leadership"
** ''can we find lit on information sharing?  communities of practice?''
* ''responses to questions might be a good indication of leadership''
** ''sometimes responses are just informational''

* types of contributors
** volunteer
** moderator
** scientist
** zooniverse employee
** admin (spacewarps)


''' independent vars '''

*levels: question, board, project
* question lvl vars (possibly omit this level because it's too complicated and not that helpful):
** is question: 0/1
** response (is two way communication): 0/1
** response time
** poster role
** answer role
** leadership? (transactional, aversive, directive, person focused)
* discussion lvl vars:
** object/discussion
** num posts
** num contributors
** num responses (in response to)
** avg response time
** num volunteers, num mods, num scientists, num zooniverse team
** num leadership (transactional, aversive, directive, person focused)
* project level vars
** num volunteers, num mods, num scientists, num zooniverse team
** num discussions
** num objects
** project length (time)
** frequency of blog posts
** length of blog posts