What experiences have you had so far with citizen science projects and ethical review boards?
What went fine; what problems did you face?
With Erb I have non experience.
The project I take part is one problem the transmitting of my collected data. I have a new handy and the company didn’t get any update for it as the project is a bit old. We hope for an update soon.
The other one is designed from scratch together with Citizen and of course sometimes things are a bit time critical I just love it - the group accepts me with my problems with technical issues and hearing, I just feel welcomed as a Person with Handicap. Can’t say any neg about it.
If something does not function I ask for help as I am not a technical person. That went very well in each projects.
Concerning ethics - bevor meeting this group and discussing I didn’t think of any ethics with this projects.
For one of it there are some pictures to be collected for a tutorial.
Some things I am unsure if I can photograph it so I read the regulations in German.
And in my opinion the people who make the tutorial have to be sure these pictures are legal.
I Just look that I don’t photo people or in a private place.
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I am a bit heavier into Astronomy. So looking thru SciStarter, I found a site that lets me classify galaxies whether they are good for more research by the experts.
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