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Crowdsourcing, Gamification, and Citizen Science
Started almost 7 years ago by Amber Carr.
Hello Everyone! I hope that you are all doing well.
I realized that I had slides from a previous talk on informal education that I gave that might serve as an introduction to the lessons that I am working on posting for you. I'm not sure if any of you have used crowdsourcing, citizen science, or gaming approaches in the classroom, but these slides have some resources if that's something you might be interested in doing. Since my own research is in the areas of biomaterials and protein folding, I have the most experience with using FoldIt and EteRNA with students and these slides mostly focus on these areas, but there are great resources out there in other areas of science, too.
I'm planning on posting a few lessons using FoldIt and EteRNA, but if you have any questions in the meantime or want to further discuss these approaches to teaching, I am more than happy to talk about how I have successfully used them in the past.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Amber