Citizen Science Category
Citizen science (CS; also known as community science, crowd science, crowd-sourced science, civic science, or volunteer monitoring) is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.[1] Citizen science is sometimes described as "public participation in scientific research," participatory monitoring, and participatory action research whose outcomes are often advancements in scientific research by improving the scientific communities capacity, as well as increasing the public's understanding of science.
There are games like zooniverse.org that allows non-scientist to participate in games that help actual scientist speed up research (i.e. classifying images of galaxies, transcribing historical text, etc.) that a computer cannot do but a human can do quickly.
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aliceclack commented
Nevertheless, the idea is really great. Many students are intimidated by the word 'science,' but an educational program in this category could attract a large audience. As someone who has taught tutorials on campus and used essays from https://ca.edubirdie.com/pay-for-essay-writing to highlight the benefits of science, I think it would be great to incorporate initiatives like this into platforms like Twitch. It could demystify science, inspire curiosity and cultivate a new generation of enthusiastic science citizens.
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rammyflinn commented
Oh sorry. I didn't see that this is an old thread.
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rammyflinn commented
This is a great idea