Recently, NASA launched an online project called "Be A Martian." At first glance, this website is a highly sophisticated public education tool that creates an online experience to connect the public with NASA's mission. On closer inspection, this is also an important crowdsourcing project. The public is invited to participate as "citizen scientists" by aligning Mars … Continue reading Cultivating Citizen Archivists
The Pew Research Center recently published a report, “The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future,” in which it found that 72 percent of experts agreed with the statement: By 2020, innovative forms of online cooperation will result in significantly more efficient and responsive governments, business, non-profits, and other mainstream institutions. That optimism … Continue reading No Small Change
