Zooniverse research (2016-2017 archive): Difference between revisions
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* Build out planning document draft based on Aaron's rough rationale for the project. | * Build out planning document draft based on Aaron's rough rationale for the project. | ||
* More reading | * More reading (start w Zooniverse and shared leadership then move on from there). | ||
** volunteer engagement | ** volunteer engagement | ||
** leadership | ** (shared) leadership | ||
** community management | ** community management | ||
** citizen science | ** citizen science | ||
** Kevin Crowston | ** Kevin Crowston | ||
** Oesterlund | ** Carsten Oesterlund | ||
** Andrea Wiggins | ** Andrea Wiggins | ||
** Rob Simpson | ** Rob Simpson |
Revision as of 19:55, 4 April 2016
Playground for Jim, Darren, and Aaron to build up a project analyzing volunteer management in the Zooniverse.
Action items for next meeting
- Read Best Practices Guide (all sections) for Zooniverse Project Builder.
- Keep doing classifications to familiarize with projects.
- Find a structured/methodical way to read a bunch of talk/forum interactions between Science Team members and volunteers.
- Suggested projects included: GalaxyZoo2, PlanetHunters, Snapshot Serengeti, SpaceWarps.
- Take notes about the kinds of interactions you observe with an eye towards which ones might embody different leadership/management practices and styles (start w. Zhu et al's "shared leadership" categories and build from there) that could lead to different volunteer behaviors.
- reading and lit review from Zotero directory
Pending Action Items
- Build out planning document draft based on Aaron's rough rationale for the project.
- More reading (start w Zooniverse and shared leadership then move on from there).
- volunteer engagement
- (shared) leadership
- community management
- citizen science
- Kevin Crowston
- Carsten Oesterlund
- Andrea Wiggins
- Rob Simpson
- Chris Lintott (academic director of zooniverse)
Meeting logs
04-04-16: talked about predicted probabilities for unrelated projects; revised and updated work goals for next week. 03-29-16: laid out plans for the quarter; set some preliminary work goals.
Goals
Spring 2016
- Fully developed planning document including a thorough analysis plan.
- A cleaned up dataset (variables and measures that we can model; not just raw database records).