In addition to using crowd sourcing to develop and expand course development, textbooks, software, and other materials, Space College will seek to work with citizen science organizations such as Moon Zoo and…
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Citizen Science
The term “citizen science” means different things to different people. To some it is simply a new word to describe amateur scientists engaging in data collection – possibly for use in traditional…
Crowd Funding
Crowd funding is an approach to raising funds for a project that solicits contributions from a wide range of donors – in varying levels – using online donation tools. Various platforms have…
Intellectual Property
Adopting an open source approach necessitates the use of certain standards. Whenever possible, materials produced via Space College participants will be open source and licensed for use via Creative Commons license format…
Away Teams – The Importance of Being There
Part of learning how to explore space is to learn how to work well as a team and to do so in a mission format. It is also important to have hands…
Growing The Space College Community
As students pass through the Space College and move into the workforce, a concerted effort should be made to retain contact with them via an alumni association of sorts – one that…
Becoming a Full Featured Organization
Space College will begin by looking at the existing state of space education and create an online resource that documents online courses, textbooks, and other resources. As gaps in available content become…