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GLORIA Project: Communication, Outreach, and Future Plans

This section discusses the communication strategies, outreach activities, and future plans of the GLORIA project, including objectives, deliverables, tasks, methodologies, technologies, criticalities, and people responsible for each task.

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GLORIA Project: Communication, Outreach, and Future Plans

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  1. WP 2. Dissemination, public outreach and future plans COORDINATOR: INAF DEPUTY: IAC GLObalRobotictelescopesIntelligentArrayfor e-ScienceCombination of Collaborative Project and Coordination and SupportAction: IntegratedInfrastructureInitiative (I3) Kick-off Meeting Madrid, 4 - 6 October 2011

  2. Index of Content Introduction Objectives Deliverables & Schedule (dates) Tasks Methodology Technologies Criticalities People and Partnersresponsibleforeachtask Milestones

  3. Introduction The WP2 keyword is “communication” All the information the “world” should/wants to know about us and more: What’s the GLORIA goal? What and who are we targeting? What are we doing or have planned to do? What can the “community” expect from GLORIA? What’s going to happen after the project end? All what you have always dreamed to know about robotic telescopes and you never asked… …

  4. Objectives Raising awareness among users of the network in order to become “citizen scientists” To make GLORIA more widely known in order to attract newcomers to the GLORIA community: To increase the number of users doing research To increase the number of telescopes To increase the number of experiments To organise and disseminate generated knowledge, including publications, conferences, web-based materials, multimedia and visualisation, pedagogical material Internal and external communications To promote the project's long term sustainability, including the involvement of funders and the preparation of a business plan to ensure longevity for the network into the future

  5. Deliverables& Schedule Feb 2012: Written didactic activity manuals for parallel activities around astronomical events for scholars (June 6, 2012 Venus Transit) Apr 2012: Set of terms and conditions for members and users of the network Apr 2012: Dissemination Plan Jul 2012: Written didactic activity manuals for parallel activities around astronomical events for scholars (Nov 13, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse) Apr 2013: Multimedia materials for outreach/education Jul 2013: Written didactic activity manuals for parallel activities around astronomical events for scholars (Nov 3, 2013 Total Solar Eclipse) Dec 2013: Written didactic activity manuals for parallel activities around astronomical events for scholars (Apr 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse) Apr 2014: Future Network Plan

  6. Task 2.1 – WEB & Social networks Coordinators: UPM + INAF Open issues: Server configuration & management [web renting: 30k€?] Triple purpose: communicate, operate (2.0), coordinate CMS-based, wiki? Which one? Layout? Public/private area? Rich Internet Application-like (RIA) pages? Multi-language policy? (S)FTP area for multimedia material upload? YouTube/Twitter/Facebook interaction & channels. What else? GLORIA official emails sender toward public/press, e.g.: info@gloria-project.eu? info.es@gloria-project.eu? … press@gloria-project.eu? press.es@gloria-project.eu? …

  7. Task 2.1 – WEB & Social networks Some examples from INAF and EU projects: multimedia site http://www.media.inaf.it/ facebook page http://www.facebook.com/media.inaf/ youtubechannel http://www.youtube.com/user/inaftv twitterchannel http://twitter.com/mediainaf/ Repository press office

  8. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Coordinator: IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Goal: Live internet broadcasting of Astronomical Events (3 eclipses & 1 transit). Objective: Astronomy outreach & GLORIA publicity.

  9. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Background (more information sky-live.tv). Total Solar Eclipses(2008-Russia, 2009-China, 2010-Easter Island-Chile).

  10. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Background (more information sky-live.tv). Total Lunar Eclipses(2010-2011 Teide mountain)

  11. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Background (more information sky-live.tv). Northern lights(2011-Greenland).

  12. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Proposed events. E1. 5th-6th June 2012: Transit of Venus(6 hours from 22:10-04:47 GMT). Locations: Sapporo, Japan; Cairns, Australia; Tromso, Norway. E2. 13th November 2012: Total Solar Eclipse(2 minutes from 20:38-20:40 GMT). Location: Oak Beach, Australia. E3. 3rd November 2013: Total Solar Eclipse(1 minute from 13:55-13:56 GMT). Location: Lopé N.P, Gabon. E4. 15th April 2014: Total Lunar Eclipse(3 hours from 05:58-08:24 GMT). Locations: Cusco, Peru; Teide volcano, Spain.

  13. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Proposed live internet broadcast (window connections).

  14. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Technical issues. 1.- On site internet connection  Inmarsat satellite (10K€ / 7 sites). 2.- Video repository  YouTube channel. 3.- Live languages Spanish & English (two presenters). 4.- Live Broadcast problems. P1. Client internet access to web site. P2. Video streaming.

  15. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Technical issues. Proposed solutions. 4.- Live Broadcast problems. P1. Client internet access to web site due high number of simultaneous viewers. Solution  Load Balancer using different sync servers (collaborators)

  16. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events Technical issues. Proposed solutions. 4.- Live Broadcast problems. P2. Video streaming. Solution  UPM WP9 (P2P technology)

  17. Task 2.2 – Broadcasting Events • Action listfor partners Task 2.2 • Translate live (and repository) broadcasting from Spanish/English. • Add public/private Institutions to Server collaborators. • Contact with national broadcasting radio/TV and offer –free– video signal.

  18. Task 2.3 – Educational activities forBroadcasting events • Coordinators: IAC • 1.- Didactic activity manual intended for students (age 15-18) and another one for teachers. Both documents are going to be translated into all the languages of the GLORIA consortium (Spanish, English, Italian, Czech, Russian and Polish). • A1. 2012 Venus Transit-site 1,2. Try to calculate the Sun-Earth distanceby comparing images from Australia and Japan (parallax method, observational sites at the same meridian). • A2. 2012 Venus Transit-site3. Midnight sun phenomenon. Students calculate the latitude of the observation site from images of Midnight Sun. • A3. 2012-2013 Total Solar Eclipses-sites 4,5. Relationship between the environment parameters(Light flux and temperature) and eclipse timing. • A4. 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse-site 6. Earth shadow sizederived from lunar crater timing. Relationship with the hole in the ozone layer(climate change). • A5. 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse-site 6. Archeoastronomy and Inca culture. • A6. 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse-site 7. Teide volcano shadowand eclipsed moon. Around the full moon during moonset shadows of objects (produced by the sun set) point to the moon. Students will understand the phenomenon seeing, live, the shadow of Mount Teide pointing to eclipsed moon. In the activity we will explain the phenomenon and a method to calculate the height of a mountainfrom the length of its shadow.

  19. Task 2.3 – Educational activities forBroadcasting events • Coordinators: IAC • 2.- Electronic format managed from a Virtual Classroom (Moodle soft - open). Some experience from IAC (astroaula.net)

  20. Task 2.3 – Educational activities forBroadcasting events • Action listfor partners Task 2.3 • Translate didactic activity manuals. • Contact / informnational schools. • Manage Virtual Classroom (Moodlet soft).

  21. Indicators of Success

  22. Indicators of Success Number of spectators who would observe the live astronomical events 20.000 spectators x 4 events = 80.000 spectators(last 4 - 85.000) Number of spectators who would observe the astronomical events prerecorded: 50.000 spectators x 4 events = 200.000 spectators(last 4 - 117.000) Number of schools who would participate in the astronomical activities organized around the astronomical events: 5 schools x 13 partners x 4 events = 260 schools Number of citations in media (TV, radio, press, blogs, etc.): 10 citations x 13 partners = 130 citations(last event - 800 citations)

  23. Task 2.4 – Interactions with the Amateur and Educational communities Coordinators: UCD Open issues: Which kind of interactions/involvement? Make them aware of the possibility to use GLORIA’s telescopes Introduce/promote GLORIA tech in amateur observatories Provide instruction and tools to make their astronomical data and images suitable to be integrated and accessible by GLORIA users Schools. What else? Building up a network of amateur astronomers and observatories? Advertisement and coordination of astronomical events Critical issues: How to approach them and ask for an active role in GLORIA promotion and dissemination?

  24. Task 2.5 – Multimedia for Promotion Coordinators: INAF Open issues: On-line material: integration with the WEB and other channels Dissemination and outreach material [20 k€ ?] Critical issues: Collecting material. Initial “dream box”: telescope and site photos and videos, past events photos/videos… Ideas to keep the WEB alive: Audio and video interviews (language? Group-balanced) Comments and views on GLORIA by external scientists The telescope – group – event – people (in GLORIA or GLORIA-related) of the month? GLORIA picture of the month?

  25. Task 2.5 – Multimedia for Promotion Some examples from other EU projects and from INAF: people promo educational gallery interviews events

  26. Task 2.6 – Dissemination Plan Coordinators: INAF To be prepared by April 2012. Need input from all. Open issues: Interaction with DisCOSMOS? Who, when, how? Main targets? General public / astronomers (…) / small telescope producers What about other existing network of telescopes (…) or single robotic telescopes? Dissemination outside Europe: USA? Would UCH and SAO be available to promote GLORIA, in South America and Russian-speaking regions, respectively? GLORIA press office: structure, coordination, people, contacts, policy and procedures.

  27. Task 2.6 – Dissemination Plan Let’s make observatories “visible”

  28. Task 2.6 – Dissemination Plan Let’s show what GLORIA observatories have observed

  29. Task 2.7 – Workshops & Conferences Coordinators: UCD 7 working progress meetings: 3 in Spain, 1 in Czech Republic, 1 in Poland, 1 in U.K., 1 in Italy Type of meeting(s): only internal, partially open, at large? Keep distinct project meetings from open conferences? Planning: defining the sequence. At some particular dates/periods? Most convenient dates for the majority of us? Etc. Possible topics list? Do not forget: Virtual community oriented Malaga workshop (next on May−June 2013)

  30. Task 2.8 – Business plan for theFuture Coordinators: UMA How will GLORIA continue after the project end? Heritage (…) Volunteers Private/public supporters Web site Data archives VO collaboration? Further financial support requests? Addressed to … …

  31. Task 2.9 – Other Outreach Activities Coordinators: INAF Here are some examples (must define schedule and resp. soon!): Promo video: max 5 minutes (for the general public) S/W installation and usage video guides (for GLORIA users) Presentation of GLORIA to one (or more) Science Communication International conferences (e.g. PCST) Maintenance of Wikipedia pages related to the project events, in the various languages Wikipedia entries for each of the 17 GLORIA telescopes (?) Coordination with DisCOSMOS: Providing them our didactic material (more languages?) Synergies at country level for activities with schools (Spain, UK, else?)

  32. WP2 (short term) Actions List What do we need? From Task coordinators (who didn’t reply) ASAP: Work plan schedule proposal and actions list for the partners From each partner List of contact person(s) Foreseen Task(s) contribution Initial outreach and promoting material to start feeding the web pages + internal repository Definition and start building the web site (propose a new/additional logo?) List of official email addresses Creation of Twitter / Facebook / YouTube channels (…) When? 31 October 2011

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