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Introductions. Worldviews Network Institute – Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Jessica Sickler Senior Research Associate Institute for Learning Innovation Pittsburgh, PA. Evaluator for Worldviews Network Background in museum education, evaluation, research, and K-6 classroom teaching
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Introductions Worldviews Network Institute – Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Jessica Sickler Senior Research Associate Institute for Learning Innovation Pittsburgh, PA • Evaluator for Worldviews Network • Background in museum education, evaluation, research, and K-6 classroom teaching • Recent research and projects: • Impact of immersion in full-dome planetarium shows • Public Engagement with Science • Motivations and engagement in Citizen Science
Project Inception Deliverables Goals for the Institute Ka Chun Yu David McConville Rachel Connolly Worldviews Network Institute – Wednesday, March 16, 2011
How did we get here? • Digital Universe / Uniview / Geoscope • GeoDome / Earth Systems Education • DMNS Digital Earth • Worldview: Visualizing Climate Change • Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, NorkÖpping, Sweden - http://www.cspr.se/forskning/worldview?l=en • Communicating Global Change • Impacts on biodiversity
Deliverables • Establish a network of ISIs, researchers, NGOs and CBOs (community-based organizations) • Quarterly Bioregional Community Dialogues (BCDs) • Creating advisory group • Event public audience • Future dialogues • Visualization story library and templates • Professional development • Evaluation • Review of http://partners.worldviews.net
Goals of the Institute • Why immersive learning to situate community dialogues • Network partners • Production process • Collective storyboarding • Project timeline • Event schedule • Planning an event • How to facilitate community dialogues • Facilitation processes • Design processes • Where to find the resources • Website resources and use • What to expect from the Evaluation process