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.org
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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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