Demonstration of iSpot features and services
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Description of the features and services added to iSpot during the past 18 months. Also a summary of the project impact globally and across the UK.
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Demonstration of iSpot features and services
- 1. A Demonstration of iSpot Features and Services Institute of Educational Technology Will Woods
- 3. 250,000 observations >280,000 images >36,000 registered users 7,000 species identified
- 6. Cumulative % identified Rapid response of the iSpot social network Time taken for the first ID to be offered n = 64,669 Observations submitted without an ID
- 8. iSpot Coverage in the UK
- 9. Global iSpot
- 10. Purpose of Mobile App To allow users to upload observations and interact with the iSpot community whilst outdoors To enable iSpot website functionality on a mobile device in a native format using the enhanced capabilities of a multi-touch mobile phone
- 11. Browser Cross-platform *Connectivity required Zero installation Restricted functionality
- 12. App Platform specific Off-line use feasible New marketplace Full functionality
- 13. iSpot mobile keys phones with large touch screen phones with small screen and cursor http://www.ispotnature.org/mobilekeys
- 14. iSpot app for Android phones
- 15. iSpot app functionality Upload observation • Photo, location, identification Browse observations • Own observations • Latest observations Provide identification; agree identification Manage profile & account Social, personal and community aspects • Commenting and identifying observations • “around here” functionality • filtering
- 16. Intelligent Quiz
- 17. Question Types
- 18. Quiz Data
- 19. Communities
- 20. Community News
- 21. Ecological Web
- 25. Technical Challenges… Funders Wolfson funded activities Garfield Weston Foundation funded activities British Ecological Society funded activities Internationalisation Personalisation Activity types Infrastructure Integration and Extension Mobile and App innovation
- 26. iSpot – now and next… • • • • • • • • • • • • Ecosystems MOOC Create “embeddable” iSpot iSpot “missions” (nQuire) Language translations (international community support) Mobile apps Responsive design Community enhancements Quiz enhancements Architectural enhancements Personalisation (community, geographic, taxonomic filters) Strengthen social layer and use of third-party content Apply iSpot model to different domains …it’s not about technology. Pillars are “Learning” and “Community”.
- 27. www.ispotnature.org iSpot Team: Jonathan Silvertown, Doug Clow, Will Woods, Richard Greenwood, Richard Lovelock, Greg Roach, Mike Dodd, Martin Harvey, Rachel Ward, Jon Rosewell, Janice Ansine, iSpot Mentors…and the community! Photos: Mike Dodd, Jonathan Silvertown, Martin Harvey Will.Woods@open.ac.uk @willwoods
Editor's Notes
- iSpot uses the wisdom in the crowd, but is designed for learning so we expect the structure of the network to change over timeA name is the quantum of learning in biodiversityA name is a key to knowledgeWith a name you can share what you have seen & find out more about itThe process of discovering the correct name is a lightbulb momentNow have nearly 17,000 registered users and over 90,000 observations
- Hedges are great places for wildlife and thousands more observations of wildlife found in these habitats have been posted on iSpotHere are just a handful seen earlier this month.Cranefly, AndyKPied shieldbug, chrisbrooksCommom carder bee, chrisbrooksGreater stichwort, heathboySmall white, dodgydougBunias orientalis, martinjohnbishopGoldfinch, Glen1Vapourer caterpillar, IanPeirce777hoverfly (Dasysyrphus albostriatus), davidcareyhadlowChaffinch, Alison_Reid99Cuckoo flower & orange tip egg, moremothHawthorn, gramandyWeeping Widow, JonathanGreen alkanet, Teesiderfemale blackcap jeremy015Xanthoria parietina, martinjohnbishop
- The quiz was launched in July 2013, since then around 350 people per week have taken one or more quizzes, so an average of around 50 people per day. The quiz is tailored to the level and subject area that people request when they start a new quiz on iSpot. The reputation level that iSpot provides is a good indicator of the level that people should take but there is no restriction on the level so, for example, a level five expert could take a level 1 quiz and vice versa. The data from the weekly logs shows however the people are averaging about 7 out of ten for quizzes across the skills levels which suggests that people are naturally finding a level which challenges them.
- The quiz is open to both visitors to the website who have not yet registered, and also to registered users. Registered users have the benefit of being able to look back at previous quizzes they have taken to compare results. As part of the intelligence the quiz tries to select images which have been agreements and ones which are non-contentious, for example it will attempt to filter out hybrid types.