What is informal science education?
Informal science education supports people of all ages and walks of life in exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The Cyberlearning Research Summit will be a high-profile gathering held Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in Washington, DC, featuring top quality research-based speakers, who will share visions for the future of learning with emerging technologies, in style of the TED conferences. Building on those visions, participants will gather as birds-of-a-feather to crystallize a sense of the unique opportunities that should be the focus of the research community now. We seek a community sense of how to couple the learning sciences with related fields of innovation to leverage new technology affordances for the deepest learning outcomes. Through the contributions of diverse participants, the summit seeks to exemplify the “transformative potential” of cutting edge research and development to dramatically advance learning – and is expected to be influential in identifying promising directions for advanced R&D efforts. The summit is sponsored by the National Science Foundation as a means to engage the community in accelerating the focus on transformative R&D in Cyberlearning and related programs, and is hosted by SRI International, the National Geographic Society, and the Lawrence Hall of Science, signaling a strong commitment to innovative STEM learning both in schools and beyond schools.
For more information about the summit, nominating a speaker, and becoming a participant visit: http://cyberlearning.sri.com
October 1, 2011 is the deadline for presenter nominations and attendee applications.
I am the Educational Outreach Director for the National Council for Geographic Education. One of our main concerns is the lack of science-based geography in a large proportion of American schools. We are eager to develop on-line programs that can educate students and provide professional development for teachers.