dr michael pocock: crowd source for success - the leaf watch app
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Presentation from the Communicate 2011 Delegate Showcase, 3rd November 2011. Communicate is hosted by the Bristol Natural History Consortium. www.communicatenow.orgTRANSCRIPT
Michael Pocock Dave Kilbey
19 Aug 2009
Michael Pocock Darren Evans
Funding:
Public engagement with science
3500 people involved in 2010
Hypothesis-led scienceScientific paper in prep.
www.conkertreescience.org.uk
19 Aug 2009
Website Interactive Easy to develop Not field-based = less accurate & fewer records
2010
2011
Take photo and score damage
GPS gets location
Describe ground cover (hypothesis-led science)
http://leafwatch.naturelocator.org
Funding:
Institute of Learning & Research Technology
2010
Website Interactive Easy to develop Not field-based = less accurate & fewer records
More engagement • 9,000+ downloads• Greater participation, new audiences• Newsworthiness
Better science • Greater accuracy• Ease of contributing (5150 uploads from 2200 devices)• Crowd-sourced validation of uploaded photos
iTunes No. 1 UK education app
For more info:http://www.conkertreescience.org.ukhttp://leafwatch.naturelocator.orgContact:[email protected]@bristol.ac.uk
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