Hi Julian,
A resource I found generally useful as entry point to academic research in the field is Building Successful Online Communities (Kraut, Resnick).
I am aware of some successful citizen science like GalaxyZoo where people can help to classify photos of galaxies and there are also some predigital examples of citizen science like Butterfly counts (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science)
Jan
2017-04-04 12:45 GMT+02:00 Julian Fischer julian.fischer@wikimedia.de:
Hi all,
Wikimedia Deutschland is planning a workshop (June 23, 2017) on digital engagement / digital volunteer work.
The aim of the workshop is to identify with other stakeholders ("classic" NGOs, Free- and Open-Movement, Volunteers, state authorities) open questions on digital engagement / digital volunteer work that should be answered.
Research questions could be as follows:
- What is the difference between digital and analog engagement?
- What are the core characteristic of digital engagement?
- What should state authorities on the national and local level do in order
to support digital volunteers?
- How important is digital engagement for our society?
- ...
Is there anybody from the Wikimedia movement who can help us to broaden our German perspective and give us international insides on this topic (e.g. via a ten minutes video message)?
Do you know any inspiring study?
Cheers,
Julian Fischer Head of Volunteer Support
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin Tel. +49-(0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de
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