WeObserve launches its first online course “Citizen Science Projects: How to make a difference”

We will explore a diverse range of citizen science topics including:

• Understanding the issue or problem: exploring environmental issues, deciding on a research focus and defining the research question(s).
• Creating a community: finding the people who are brought together by a shared concern and positively nurturing the sharing of ideas and experiences.
• Deciding what data to collect: using the research question(s) to select what information will be gathered.
• Capturing or generating the data: collecting the information, keeping motivated and engaged.
• Analysing the data: interpreting the data, being able to spot trends and anomalies.
• Disseminating results: using the findings from the data to communicate with others about the environmental concern.
• Change-making and planning action: using the findings to lobby for change, or plan an intervention or action to inform others about the environmental concern.

Through this course, we aim to build an international community of learners that will explore what is citizen science, what are citizen observatories, which tools they can use and where to find them, how to plan and conduct a data collection campaign, and how they can act.

Sign-up now here and we look forward to seeing you in November!