PYs 4 and 5 Objectives for Education, Outreach and Training and External Relations

1. PYs 4 and 5 Objectives forEducation, Outreach and Trainingand External Relations Scott Lathrop lathrop@mcs.anl.gov www.teragrid.org

2. EOT/ER - Objectives • Education • HPC competencies for teaching and learning (K-12 to graduate) • Integration of HPC resources in teaching and learning at all levels • Integration of computational thinking within standards (K-12 to Grad) • Guidelines for designing effective educational interfaces for gateways • Outreach • Raise awareness of impact and access to TG in all fields of science • Engage current & new communities of TeraGrid users “on their own turf” • Provide annual user’s group (TeraGrid conference) • Training • Establish HPC competencies for learning and workforce development • Integration of HPC resources into research and education • Address evolving petascale (and beyond) needs and requirements • Establish effective (research-based) on-line training methodologies • External Relations • Multi-media information about TeraGrid’s resources and services • Multi-media Science Highlights in all domains including under-served communities • Awareness of TeraGrid via multiple venues (web, conferences, journals, etc.) • Evaluation • Evaluation of the effectiveness of the EOT programs • Address second tier impact on community • Provide foundation for longitudinal studies of impact

3. RP Efforts to Meet Objectives • Education • Establish computational thinking competencies coupled to standards • Create and review resources (VV&A process) in HPC University (NSDL) • Scale-up successful programs and activities with external organizations • Engage with standards setting bodies (AAAS, NSTA, NCTM, GRE) • Document case studies for others to adopt/adapt/scale-up • On-going community requirements and feedback process • Outreach • Coordinate and support professional society outreach - talks, exhibits, tutorials, etc. • Coordinate and support Campus Champions - logistical and technical • Participate via speaker’s bureau and CI Days outreach • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process • Support annual TeraGrid Conference • Training • Create and review resources (VV&A process) in HPC University (NSDL) • Scale-up successful programs and activities with external organizations • Document case studies for others to adopt/adapt/scale-up • Implement single registration process • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process

4. RP Efforts to Meet Objectives (continued) • External Relations • Continue to provide timely multi-media information • Produce mutli-media Science Highlights • Produce promotional materials to highlight resources and services • Establish partnerships with professional societies as outlets for stories • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process • Evaluation • Develop common instruments and process for cross-RP evaluation • Conduct surveys, interviews, and collect relevant data • Document case studies and best practices • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process

5. Education • Objectives • HPC competencies for teaching and learning (K-12 to graduate) • Integration of HPC resources in teaching and learning at all levels • Integration of computational thinking within standards (K-12 to Grad) • Offerings to meet objectives • Quality resources coupled to learning standards and GRE requirements • Provide evidence of improved teaching and learning at all levels • Case studies and best practices for scaling-up and sustaining successful programs • RP Tasks to meet objectives • Establish computational thinking competencies coupled to standards • Create and review resources (VV&A process) in HPC University (NSDL) • Scale-up successful programs and activities with external organizations • Engage with standards setting bodies (AAAS, NSTA, NCTM, GRE) • Document case studies for others to adopt/adapt/scale-up • On-going community requirements and feedback process

6. Outreach • Objectives • Raise awareness of impact and access to TG in all fields of science • Engage current & new communities of TeraGrid users “on their own turf” • Provide annual user’s group (TeraGrid conference) • Offerings to meet objectives • Major TeraGrid presence at professional society meetings (2-4/year) • Expand Campus Champions memberships to expand user base • TeraGrid ‘xx Conference - tutorials, talks, demos, collaboration • Leverage partnerships (e.g. CI Days with EDUCAUSE, NLR, Internet 2, MSI-CIEC, OSG; GIN; PRAGMA, etc.) • RP Tasks to meet objectives • Coordinate and support professional society outreach - talks, exhibits, tutorials, etc. • Coordinate and support Campus Champions - logistical and technical • Participate via speaker’s bureau and CI Days outreach • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process • Support annual TeraGrid Conference

7. Training Objectives • Establish HPC competencies for learning and workforce development • Integration of HPC resources into research and education • Address evolving petascale (and beyond) needs and requirements • Establish effective (research-based) on-line training methodologies Offerings to meet objectives • HPC University catalog of quality events, on-line resources, etc. • TeraGrid User Portal info and registration for all training • Ensure persistent infrastructure for access to resources and information • Train the trainers program for scaling-up • Case studies of success RP Tasks to meet objectives • Create and review resources (VV&A process) in HPC University (NSDL) • Focus on petascale and related emerging HPC topics • Scale-up successful programs and activities with external organizations • Document case studies for others to adopt/adapt/scale-up • Implement single registration process • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process

8. External Relations • Objectives • Multi-media information about TeraGrid’s resources and services • Multi-media Science Highlights in all domains including under-served communities • Awareness of TeraGrid via multiple venues (web, conferences, journals, etc.) • Offerings to meet objectives • Timely multi-media information of relevance to users,potential users, educators, funders, and public via multiple venues • Annual TeraGrid Science Highlights • TeraGrid promotional materials for distribution at events • RP Tasks to meet objectives • Continue to provide timely multi-media information • Produce mutli-media Science Highlights • Produce promotional materials to highlight resources and services • Establish partnerships with professional societies as outlets for stories • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process

9. Evaluation • Objectives • Evaluation of the effectiveness of the EOT programs • Address second tier impact on community • Provide foundation for longitudinal studies of impact • Offerings to meet objectives • An annual cross-RP evaluation report, with quarterly updates • Case studies and best practices published • Recommendations for program improvement • RP Tasks to meet objectives • Develop common instruments and process for cross-RP evaluation • Conduct surveys, interviews, and collect relevant data • Document case studies and best practices • Conduct on-going community requirements and feedback process