Supporting environmental stewards' needs with technology

Carol Boston; Tamara Clegg; Daniel Pauw; Jennifer Preece; Elizabeth Warrick; Sarah Abdellahi; Travis Christian; Kazjon Grace; Mary Lou Maher; Jacqueline Cameron; Tom Yeh

doi:10.1145/3022198.3026346

Supporting environmental stewards' needs with technology

Carol Boston, Tamara Clegg, Daniel Pauw, Jennifer Preece, Elizabeth Warrick, Sarah Abdellahi, Travis Christian, Kazjon Grace, Mary Lou Maher, Jacqueline Cameron, Tom Yeh

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Within the context of a program focused on learning concepts and practices for keeping watersheds healthy and then completing community-based projects, we explore ways that NatureNet, a prototype mobile and web-based technology, can support volunteer watershed stewards. Using a mixed methods approach, our analysis of the experiences of 50 volunteers over a 16-month study period revealed that two of their strongest needs are: (1) place-based information about the location in which they are stewards, and (2) support for navigating resource challenges, including information about watersheds, tools (both digital and physical), introductions to others, and financial support in order to complete their projects. Using a combination of theory and iterative design thinking, we describe design strategies to address these needs. This study informs research beyond our specific context by providing an approach to technology design that supports development of community-driven nature projects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	151-154
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450346887
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3022198.3026346
State	Published - 25 Feb 2017
Event	2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017 - Portland, United States Duration: 25 Feb 2017 → 1 Mar 2017

Publication series

Name	CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Conference

Conference	2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	25/02/17 → 1/03/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Vaughn Perry, adult educator, and participants in the WSA sponsored by the Anacostia Watershed Society. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1423207, 1423212, and 1423338.

Keywords

Adult volunteers
Environmental education
Mobile apps
Multi-touch displays
Nature parks
Watershed
Website

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Boston, C., Clegg, T., Pauw, D., Preece, J., Warrick, E., Abdellahi, S., Christian, T., Grace, K., Maher, M. L., Cameron, J., & Yeh, T. (2017). Supporting environmental stewards' needs with technology. In CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 151-154). (CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3022198.3026346

Boston, Carol ; Clegg, Tamara ; Pauw, Daniel et al. / Supporting environmental stewards' needs with technology. CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. pp. 151-154 (CSCW 2017 - Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing).

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