1 / 7

Evaluating Science on a Sphere

Evaluating Science on a Sphere. Kate Haley Goldman Science on a Sphere July 29-31, 2008. Strategies Provide the grant solicitation Provide a unique visualization tool Provide installation support Provide resources for content production Provide data for content production

samara
Download Presentation

Evaluating Science on a Sphere

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Evaluating Science on a Sphere Kate Haley Goldman Science on a Sphere July 29-31, 2008

  2. Strategies Provide the grant solicitation Provide a unique visualization tool Provide installation support Provide resources for content production Provide data for content production Provide a user communication and support mechanism Provide evaluation support Audiences Science museum-going public Informal Science Education professionals Content producers NOAA agency-wide staff • Short-term Outcomes • Increase interest in and understanding of scientific visualizations • Enhance environmental literacy via visualization • Indicators: • Awe/appreciation • Interconnected/ Interrelated • Geographic awareness • Increased creativity of ISE content producers • Evolution in the Grant Solicitation language and goals • Long-term Outcomes • Enhance environmental literacy via visualization • Indicators: • Awe/appreciation • Interconnected/ Interrelated • Geographic awareness • Ability to understand complex data • Better decision makers • Successful marketing and sharing of the NOAA brand and One NOAA concept • A successful model for a networked community of users • Increased creativity in the Informal Science Education field • A model of evaluation for other NOAA evaluations, both education-based and across NOAA SoS Logic Model

  3. Key Evaluation Questions • 1. What is the nature and range of the impact of SoS on users? • 2. Does varying context and other independent variables produce changes in the impact of SoS? And if so, how?

  4. We’ll provide….. • Evaluation questionnaires & protocols • Online training modules for evaluation • Phone/e-mail support for questions • Data analysis & interpretation • The results!

  5. You provide….. • 60 user or visitor interviews of SoS

  6. SoS Summative Evaluation Timeline (tentative)

  7. HaleyGoldman@ilinet.org(410) 956-5144, ext. 127 Visit Us Online: www.ilinet.org Understanding, Fostering, and Promoting Lifelong Learning

More Related