CitiZEN-Science: WHAT is it and is it worth to follow?!!

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Citizen science (CS; also known as community science, crowd science, crowd-sourced science, civic science, volunteer monitoring, or online citizen science) 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, as well as an increase in the public’s understanding of science.^[2][3] Based on Alexa rankings^[4] iNaturalist is currently the most popular citizen science website^[5] followed by eBird^[6] and then Zooniverse^[7] in second and third place respectively.

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Find below a GREAT article, who explains very well:

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As we face global challenges, we may want to find local ways to make a difference in protecting endangered species, safeguarding water sources, preventing disease, or accelerating medical research. Science needs more eyes, ears and perspectives than any scientist possesses. Enter citizen science: a collaboration between scientists and those of us who are just curious or concerned and motivated to make a difference. People just like you are collecting data by taking photos of clouds or streams, documenting changes in nature, using smartphone sensors to help scientists monitor water and air quality, or playing games to help advance health and medical research.  A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. Typically, public involvement is in data collection, analysis, or reporting.

There are thousands of opportunities to participate in this movement that’s sweeping the globe! Find them on SciStarter.org .

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Well, I don’want to say much more about this, apart that I back it up! I find it extremely interesting and it should get used in schools as it would certainly make students interested into Science.

As far as I know, it is ALSO used in a school in my country Luxembourg:

• https://www.scoop.it/topic/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Citizen+Science+mit+Trichter+und+Messbecher
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It would be perfect (my opinion) for STEM and MakerED, Maker-Spaces, as it is PracTICE!

 

MORE to come, next blog post about the already existing PracTICE:

• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/citizen-science-the-practice/
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Key words necessary for me to create this blog post: CitiZEN-Science, STEM, MakerED, Maker-Spaces, PracTICE, LEARNing-By-Doing,

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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A Holistic View Of WHAT Will Influence EDUcation In The Future

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WHAT Will Influence EDUcation In The Future?

Through ICT the Real-World and especially the Virtual-World (both are influencing each other…) are changing quicker then WE can learn about, BUT WE must adapt to it and so must EDUcation! Therefore Universities must do research about the How-To to adapt and teaching about it… Luxembourg, a small country in Europe is doing so in September 2016, read more:

• University launches Luxembourg Centre for School Development

Luxembourg has already a “strategy to promote media literacy” as I got told in an interview, see image below please and click on the image to access the article.

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There is ALSO Finland WHO made a radical change to its EDUcation-Sytem, check below please: Finland uses <===> Phenomenon based learning

• My curation about EDUcation in Finland

Meanwhile, before research finishes its studies, WE can already have a look on WHAT is NEW in Technology and WHAT probably would be of interest for EDUcation, as well as NEW Pedagogy Theories and NEW Trends:

• NEW Theories of Pedagogy
  • My curation about Pedagogy
  • The different ones in detail:
    • Theories of Learning
    • Social and emotional learning
    • Deeper Learning
    • Blended Learning
    • Flipped Learning and Flipped Classroom
    • Hybrid Learning
    • Connectivism
    • Collaborative Learning and Collaboration
    • ===> Collective Intelligence
    • Constructivismus
    • Student Centered Learning
    • Engagement
    • Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
    • Digital Intelligence (DQ)

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• Growth Mindset
• Self-directed Learning (Autodidact)
• Differentiated Instruction
• Personalized Learning
• Learning By Doing
• Learning To Learn
• Competency based Learning
• My blog about Autodidact
  • LEARNing To LEARN For MY Professional Development | I Did It MY Way

• • • My curation about Heutagogy
• New Theory of Andragogy (Adult Teaching AND LEARNing)
  • My curation about Andragogy
• My blog post about Andragogy
  • Andragogy | Adult Teaching: How-To Teach ICT!? | PracTICE

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• Critical Thinking
  • My curation about Critical Thinking
• Proactive Thinking
  • My curation about Proactive Thinking
• NEW Technologies
• Curation
  • My curation about curation
• My blog posts about Curation
  • Learn Every Day a Bit-With Curation

  • Curation: Tips And Tricks With Scoop.it-Rescoop And Tags

  • PracTICE: Learning To Learn-Example 1

• Professional Knowledge Management

• Augmented Reality
  • My curation about Augmented Reality 1
  • My curation about Augmented Reality 2
• Virtual reality
  • My curation about Virtual Reality 1
  • Virtual Reality and Ethics
• Internet of Things
  • My curation about Internet of Things 1
  • My curation about Internet of Things, Privacy and Cyber-Security

• Ethics
  • My curation about Ethics
• Gamification and games
  • My curation about Gamification

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• Social Media and its influence
  • My curation about Social Media
  • My curation about Twitter 1
  • My curation about Twitter 2
• My blog posts about Twitter and Twitter Chats
  • How-To use Twitter with success for Education and more…
  • What YOU should know about Twitter-Chat’s
  • After Analyzing My Online Presence On Social Media Twitter Since 2009/Reflecting It…
  • Update Twitter Chats: WHAT To DO BETTER!?

• Blogs and blogging
  • My curation about blogging
• My blog posts about blogs and blogging
  • Creating Your First Blog Post With WordPress | Step By Step Guide
  • Blogging: Is It Difficult!? I Guess Not At ALL! Follow My Advice
  • What YOU should know about Blogging

There will be a focus on Creativity as it was neglected too long in schools.

• My curation about Creativity
• My curation about Sir Ken ROBINSON
• My blog posts about Creativity PracTICE
• Special tools to foster creativity:
• ThingLink
  • My curation about ThingLink
• My blog posts about ThingLink:
  • PracTICE: Creativity Examples With ThingLink
  • Design The Learning Of YOUR Learners, Students | Ideas
• Mindmaps tools
• Mindmaps, the use in EDUcation

Because of the internet and Social Media there is NOW ALSO a new way of learning through collaboration, Global Collaboration, Peer-To-Peer Learning, mentoring, coaching:

• My curation about Global Collaboration
• My curation about Collaboration
• My blog posts about Global Collaboration
• Professional Development, called also “Teacher Training” (in Luxembourg)
  • My blog posts about Professional Development:
    • Professional Development: WHY EDUcators And TEACHers Can’t Catch UP THAT Quickly AND How-To Change It
    • LEARNing To LEARN For MY Professional Development | I Did It MY Way
    • Is My Professional Development Up-To-Date?
• Coaching and mentoring instead of teaching:
  • My curation about coaching
• My coaching blog posts
  • EDUcation-Collaboration And Coaching | The Future

AND as there is a global change in the way of HOW WE think about EDUcation, there are NOW ALSO <===> #TEACHerPreneurs:

• My curation about Teacherpreneurs
• Coding
  • My curation about coding
• My blog posts about coding
  • Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility
  • Responsibility Of Programming | Coding
• Makerspaces
  • My curation about Makerspaces
• My blog about Makerspaces
  • Maker Space | A New Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

There are ALSO drones and robots which could get easily integrated into Makerspaces and/or labs:

• My curation about drones
• My curation about robotics

• Entrepreneurship
  • My curation about Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship in Luxembourg

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WHEN WE talk about “Entrepreneurship“, then WE MUST ALSO talking about “Blockchain and Bitcoin” as THEY are a Game-Changer in the future, check below please:

• My curation about Blockchain
  • My curation about Blockchain in Luxembourg
• My curation about Bitcoin
  • My curation about Bitcoin in Luxembourg

AND as WE are using ICT: internet with iPad, tablet, smartphones, laptops, PCs, Macs, small computers such as Arduino, Raspberry PI and Co, the “Internet of Things” WE MUST ALSO have basics knowledge of “CyberSecurity“, check below please:

• WHY Is It A MUST To Have Basics Knowledge Of Cyber-Security In A Connected Technology World!?
• My blog posts about CyberSecurity
• My other blog about CyberSecurity in English
• My other blog about CyberSecurity in French
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WE need ALSO to know about “Privacy“, “Digital Footprint” and “BIG DATA“, check below please:

• My curation about Privacy 1
• My curation about Privacy 2
• My blogs about Privacy
  • Privacy In The Digital World-SHOULDN’T We Talk About It!?
  • Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks
  • Often Asked Questions: Are There Cyber-Security Dangers With Apps And What’s About Privacy?
  • Digital CitizenShip: Social Media AND Privacy
  • Social Media-Students take care
• My curation about Big Data
• My curation about Digital Footprint
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In Europe, from the EU, there is already a manifesto for ModernEDU (eSkills), check below please:

• Let Us Talk About eSkills. | WHAT Is It?
• My blog post about WHAT I would expect:
  • If I Would OWN a Company, WHAT Skills Would I Expect From MY Workers In 21st Century!?

 

And shouldn’t WE talk ALSO about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence? 

• My curation about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence
• My curation about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence 2

 

And last but not least Apps. I put Apps on the END of this list as Apps are ONLY facilitators, it is Pedagogy FIRST! 

• My curation about Apps
• My blog posts about Apps
  • Specialized Magazines For Apps
  • Often Asked Questions: Are There Cyber-Security Dangers With Apps And What’s About Privacy?

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With ALL the above mentioned possibilities, how can WE already NOW make a concept of LEARNing?

With ALL the above mentioned possibilities, how can WE already NOW make a concept of LEARNing? Please check my blog post below:

• LEARNing Path For Professional 21st Century LEARNing By ICT PracTICE Concept

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What is nearly for sure is THAT most courses will be PracTICE orientated, check my blog posts below, please:

• STOP Theoretical Testing and Test For Future Skilled and Educated Workers-Test The PracTICE!

• My blog posts about ICT PracTICE
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And here WHAT probably will be the future, check below please:

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How can WE get informed more about!? I advice YOU to read following (multilingual) books and to follow the mentioned persons below:

• 21st Century Learning and Teaching: Multilingual Books Recommendations

MUST read books to understand WHAT #ModernEDU is, see PIC below please.

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• People to follow:
• Sir Ken ROBINSON
• Frank SONNENBERG
• Carol DWECK
• John HATTIE
• Daniel GOLEMAN
• Howard GARDNER
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. MY experience described in ONLY some phrases: Give the LEARNers, students (whatever age) the freedom of LEARNing without squeezing THEM into a FRAME and concentrate on guiding them as a coach by analyzing THEIR behavior and show them the How-To to become self-directed learners, autodidacts. SHOW THEM ALSO up from the beginning WHAT THE <===> LEARNing Path <===> will be with design of it and explain THEM that they could design themselves it with a short introduction on the How-To. THEY will learn the ICT-PracTICE which will help them once out of the <===> #SchoolCocoon <===> to be ready for Life-Long LEARNing and to be able to adapt very quickly in the workforce! WHEN YOU show the LEARNers, students <===> WHAT the profit is for THEIR private life <===> YOU will engage them very quickly 😉 AND DON’T teach THEM more as necessary, propose them some links to go further ONLY for those who want!! . WHAT’S my message and WHY did I create this blog post!? Well, I will encourage all youth and also adults, seniors, oldies to become <===>Life-Long LEARNers <===> and staying Up-To-Date with their knowledge, especially concerning their skills in ICT, called NOW <===> #eSkills <===>! In the modern world YOU will change YOUR job probably +/- 12 times in YOUR working career, it is very rare to stay life-long in the same job and/or same company!!! SO… The workforce is looking for people with ICT skills which YOU mostly didn’t learn at school, right!?  YOU won’t have (mostly) the time to learn by visiting courses, right!? START to become Life-Long LEARNers by LEARNing on YOUR OWN pace, by becoming <===> Autodidacts <===> Self-Directed LEARNers. YOU are able to, I did it, so can YOU!? 😉 I found a job because of my ICT eSkills and I am STILL LEARNing on a daily base routine for being Up-To Date with my <===> Professional Development <===>, even being retired NOW! THE pleasure of LEARNing! I did THE <===> ICT PracTICE <===> and THAT’S WHAT the workforce needs!!!  Due to my eSkills I could share my knowledge AND expertise ALSO with the below mentioned as well as to a broad range of visitors from around the globe!  Check out my blog posts: Success Story of Life-Long LEARNing | Best PracTICE | ICT eSkills For Jobs Blog posts in English from Gust MEES (LUXEMBOURG/EUROPE) … AND check my profile below as well, at the bottom of this blog post please! 😉

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Augmented Reality. #AR, Virtual Reality, #VR, Gaming, Coding, #MakerED, Personalized Learning, Coaching, Instructional Coaching, Teacherpreneur, Enterpreneurship, Problem based Learning, #PBL, Social Media, Twitter, Blogs, blogging, Curation, Google Hangouts, Apps as facilitators, NEW Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Proactive Thinking, Cyber-Security, ICT related, Quality, Team Teaching, Team Learning, Collaboration, Global Collaboration, sharing, Learning To Learn, preparation for Life-Long Learning, Professional Learning Networks, Professional Knowledge Management, Parents involved in EDUcation of kids, MORE communication, SchoolCocoon will be MORE open, nearly everything will get taught through the use of ICT, #eSkills, Competency based learning, Blended learning, Pedagogy & #EdTech, Mindmaps, ThingLink, Infographics, Apps as facilitators,

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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