"I want to be a captain! I want to be a captain!": Gamification in the Old Weather citizen science project

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 79-82

  Eveleigh, Alexandra ^a   Jennett, Charlene ^a   Lynn, Stuart ^b   Cox, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADLER PLANETARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Engagement; Gamification; Motivation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MOTIVATION;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COMPETITIVE MECHANISMS; DATA QUALITY; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; ENGAGEMENT; GAMIFICATION;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84905501747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2583008.2583019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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