In my first post, I introduced briefly a collection of games that let players contribute to science. They are called citizen science games. They are a collaboration between players and scientists to solve real scientific […]
Abstract This emerging trends article introduces concepts such as citizen science (the inclusion of non-professionals in scientific knowledge production) and knowledge games (games that enable players to solve real-world problems through crowdsourcing and collective intelligence […]
Abstract Is it unknown how to best design virtual citizen science projects so as to meet the needs of both scientists and volunteers. We present 8 design guidelines that we developed as a result of […]
In this paper we present the design and preliminary evaluation of a new scientific discovery game, Nanocrafter. The intent of Nanocrafter is to be a citizen science platform for the discovery of novel nanoscale devices […]
Exploring Motivation and Data Quality in the Context of Crowdsourced Science Through the Design and Evaluation of a Social-Computational System In this paper, an ongoing design research project is described. Citizen Sort, currently under development, […]
Citizen Science Games 2019