CAISE Sessions at ASTC 2008
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CAISE Sessions at ASTC 2008
At ASTC 2008 CAISE hosted two sessions reporting out current work.Audience members had the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on its current activities:
- CAISE Landscape Study
- CAISE Public Engagement with Science Inquiry Group
- CAISE Public Participation in Research Inquiry Group
- CAISE Web Inquiry Group: Assessing the Impacts of ISE Professional Online Communities
- CAISE Portfolio Inquiry Group
- CAISE Access Inquiry Group
Listening to and Supporting the Field of Informal Science Education
Session leader: Ellen McCallie, Director, CAISE, Washington,D.C.
Session Description: The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) studies issues and trends in ISE, documents the impact and value of ISE, and provides a collective voice for the field. Join us to discuss CAISE's current activities: a study of the ISE landscape, plus inquiry groups on the NSF ISE portfolio and Increasing Access to ISE.
CAISE Landscape Study
Presenter: John Falk, Oregon State University
CAISE Portfolio Inquiry Group
Presenters: John Baek, CAISE & Mark St. John, Inverness Research
CAISE Access Inquiry Group
Presenter: Christine Reich, Museum of Science Boston
Identifying Strategies and Products That Will Transform the Way We Experience and Learn Science
Session leader: Ellen McCallie, Director, CAISE, Washington,D.C.
Session Description: What new informal science education strategies and products have the potential to dramatically affect youth, adults, the home, society, and/or school? How can we think of ISE in terms of 360º experiences across a lifespan? Bring your expertise to this workshop, and join the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) as we collectively seek to identify emerging trends and envision the future of ISE. Join us to discuss CAISE's current activities: inquiry groups on public engagement with science, public participation in research and assessing the impacts of ISE professional online communities.
CAISE Public Engagement with Science Inquiry Group
Presenters: Larry Bell, Museum of Science Boston, & Tiffany Lohwater, AAAS
CAISE Public Participation in Research Inquiry Group
Presenter: Rick Bonney, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
CAISE Web Inquiry Group: Assessing the Impacts of ISE Professional Online Communities
Presenter: Marti Louw, University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Outof-School Environments (UPCLOSE)