Being present in online communities: learning in citizen science

dc.contributor.authorMugar, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorØsterlund, Carsten
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Corey Brian
dc.contributor.authorCrowston, Kevin
dc.contributor.editorAvram, Gabriela
dc.contributor.editorDe Cindio, Fiorella
dc.contributor.editorPipek, Volkmar
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-04T19:53:51Z
dc.date.available2019-04-04T19:53:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractHow online community members learn to become valuable contributors constitutes a long-standing concern of Community & Technology researchers. The literature tends to highlight participants' access to practice, feedback from experienced members, and relationship building. However, not all crowdsourcing environments offer participants opportunities for access, feedback, and relationship building (e.g., Citizen Science). We study how volunteers learn to participate in a citizen science project, Planet Hunters, through participant observation, interviews, and trace ethnography. Drawing on Sørensen's sociomaterial theories of presence, we extend the notion of situated learning to include several modes of learning. The empirical findings suggest that volunteers in citizen science engage more than one form of access to practice, feedback, and relationship building. Communal relations characterize only one form of learning. Equally important to their learning are authority--subject and agent-centered forms of access, feedback, and relationship building.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2768545.2768555
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-3460-0
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM Press, New York
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
dc.relation.ispartofseriesC&T
dc.subjectcitizen science
dc.subjectsituated learning
dc.subjectsociomateriality
dc.titleBeing present in online communities: learning in citizen scienceen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.citation.endPage138
gi.citation.startPage129
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gi.conference.dateJune, 27-30, 2015
gi.conference.locationLimerick, Ireland
gi.conference.sessiontitleLong Papers
mci.conference.reviewfull

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