Dynamic changes in motivation in collaborative citizen-science projects

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 217-226

  Rotman, Dana ^a   Preece, Jenny ^a   Hammock, Jen ^b   Procita, Kezee ^a   Hansen, Derek ^a,c   Parr, Cynthia ^b   Lewis, Darcy ^a   Jacobs, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; collaboration; crowdsourcing; ecology; motivation; scientists; volunteers

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COLLABORATION; CROWDSOURCING; SCIENTISTS; VOLUNTEERS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ECOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 84858174829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2145204.2145238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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