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CMU-HCII-18-104
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
CMU-HCII-18-104
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Identification Trainings for Volunteers:
Results of a National Materials and Practices Inventory Survey
Marti Louw, Tara Muenz, Jessica Roberts, Matt Wilson, Steve Kerlin
December 2018
CMU-HCII-18-104.pdf
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This report presents results from a nationally-administered online survey of citizen science training organizations in freshwater biomonitoring. The responses from 177 trainers detail information about their organizations' goals, their own background and experience in macroinvertebrate identification, the background and experience of training participants, the methods by which trainers train, the metrics for program evaluation and data reporting, and the materials used in trainings. This report presents a state-of-the-field of volunteer aquatic biomonitoring programs with the aim of informing the design of a digital teaching collection to support taxonomic identification training for benthic macroinvertebrates.
64 pages
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