Registration is now open for the NSF ISE Program 2012 PI Meeting. The meeting will take place March 14-16 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will provide ample opportunities for professional networking, connecting with NSF Program Officers, learning about updates on the ISE Program, and engaging in strategic conversations about emerging themes and issues from workshops and convenings of Principal Investigators leading up to the meeting....[More]
What is informal science education?
Informal science education supports people of all ages and walks of life in exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Edited by Rick Bonney, Leslie Goodyear, and Kirsten EllenbogenAn initiative of the Visitor Studies Association, produced in partnership with the Center for Advancement of Informal Science EducationA new draft chapter of the guide is available for review! This guide is designed to support the ...[More]
0 comments | Posted February 1, 2012 at 4:02 pm in CAISE Initiatives
The ISE Evidence Wiki prototype has launched and is being developed as an online, dynamic resource that provides evidence about the impact of informal learning experiences. The primary audience is potential and current PIs of ISE projects, and by extension, ...[More]
0 comments | Posted February 1, 2012 at 3:56 pm in CAISE Initiatives
Register here for the 2012 NSF ISE Program PI Meeting. The meeting will take place March 14-16 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will provide ample opportunities for professional networking, connecting with NSF Program Officers, learning about updates on the ...[More]
0 comments | Posted February 1, 2012 at 3:47 pm in Meetings and events
The ISE Online Project Monitoring System (OPMS) collects data from ISE projects at the beginning and end of their grants, and each year in between. This month’s article about the ISE OPMS tackles a topic that is perhaps the most important, yet challenging component of the online ...[More]
0 comments | Posted February 1, 2012 at 2:19 pm in ISE Online Project Monitoring System
On November 17-18, 2011, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) convened nine projects from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ISE Program portfolio to discuss and explore their efforts to form, sustain, nourish, and grow organizational networks of partners and collaborators who work together ...[More]
0 comments | Posted February 1, 2012 at 1:11 pm in CAISE Initiatives
The National Girls Collaborative Project held the first national NGCP Collaboration Conference on October 20-22, 2010 in Washington, D.C. Over 150 participants engaged in meaningful networking and professional development activities, all focused on engaging more girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The goals of the event were to ...[More]
ISE Spotlights
ISE Spotlights are brief descriptions of exemplary NSF-funded informal science education (ISE) programs and activities. Spotlights feature efforts from across a variety of ISE sectors, including science centers and museums, media productions, afterschool/out of school time programs, science journalism and cyber-enabled and gaming projects.
