Janice Ansine | COST Action CA15212

Personal Information

First Name:

Janice

Last Name:

Ansine

Institution:

The Open University

Walton Hall

Milton Keynes

MK7 6AA

United Kingdom

Telephone:

+44 (0)1908 659471

E-mail:

URL:

http://stem.open.ac.uk/people/ja4865

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/JaniceAnsine

Area of Expertise:

Citizen science; Public engagement and outreach; Technology and science / STEM learning; Crowdsourcing

Gender:

Female

Working Groups

WG1: Ensure scientific quality of Citizen Science

This working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for scientists. The objective of this WG is to provide a sound understanding of current practices involving the collection, description, and validation of data gathered and analyzed by citizens.

WG2: Develop synergies with education

This group will focus on the learning outcomes of CS projects. The objective of this WG is to increase awareness about the possibilities of CS in education, by collating the knowledge of current practices and underscoring the meaning of CS in formal and informal education.

WG5: Improve data standardization and interoperability

This working group will focus on improving the technical foundations to foster the impact of CS globally. The objective of this WG is to develop metadata-concepts vocabulary and an ontology to support data sharing among CS projects. WG5 will coordinate with activities on data and service interoperability carried out in Europe, the USA and Australia, and will take into account existing standards, namely Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, ISO/TC 211, W3C standards (semantic sensor network/Linked Data), and existing GEO/GEOSS semantic interoperability.

WG6: Overaching - Cross-WG-Synthesis and overarching measures

Cross-WG-Synthesis and overarching measures will be taken to ensure learning and the creation of an added value of the Action as a whole.