PROFILE Elizabeth Kollmann Director, Research and Evaluation Museum of Science, Boston About informal science Projects Exhibit appraisal and diverse populations: Pilot research about intersectional and science identities in science exhibits Building Capacity for Co-Created Public Engagement with Science National Informal STEM Education Network: Space and Earth Informal STEM Education (SEISE) Project Developing Guidelines for Designing Challenging and Rewarding Interactive Science Exhibits ChemAttitudes: Using Design-Based Research to Develop and Disseminate Strategies and Materials to Support Chemistry Interest, Relevance, and Self-Efficacy Complex Adaptive Systems as a Model for Network Evaluation Building with Biology: Multi-Site Public Engagement with Science - Synthetic Biology (Innovations in Development) Dimensions of Public Engagement with Science Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network Research 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 1811118 APPRAISE Annotated Instrument and Research Brief APPRAISE Data Collection Workbook 2 APPRAISE Data Collection Workbook 1 2021 Poster - Train-the-Trainer Workshops as a Strategy to Extend Project Outcomes Focused on Interest, Relevance, and Self-Efficiency to Diverse Audiences? 2021 Poster - “Designed for someone like me”: Research with and for youth in a science museum 2021 Poster - Productive Struggle: Supporting Emotion and Challenge in Informal Science Learning Collaboration for chemistry communication: Insights from a research-practice partnership Design Strategies for Hands-On Activities to Increase Interest, Relevance, and Self-Efficacy in Chemistry Evaluation Capacity Building for Informal STEM Education: Working for Success Across the Field 2019 AISL PI Meeting Poster: Building Capacity for Co-Created Public Engagement with Science 2019 AISL PI Meeting Poster: How can we expand the way we design for emotion in informal learning? 2019 AISL PI Meeting Poster: ChemAttitudes Public Engagement with Science A guide to creating conversations among publics and scientists for mutual learning and societal decision-making Evaluating the NISE Network: Reflections from the Evaluation Workgroup Building Evaluation Capacity in a Complex World: Practical Lessons for Organization and Project Leaders Poster - Multi-Site Public Engagement with Science – Synthetic Biology (The Building with Biology Project) NISE Network Research on How Visitors Find and Discuss Relevance in the Nano Exhibition Built-in Antennae: Exhibit Floor Staff as Evaluation Resources Clusters of Informal Science Education Projects: From Public Understanding of Science to Public Engagement with Science Evaluation Moon Adventure Game Summative Evaluation Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC) Summative Evaluation Report Let’s Do Chemistry Train-the-Trainer Workshop Summative Evaluation Space Earth and Informal Science Education Project Professional Impacts Summative Evaluation Empowering Learners through Effective Emotional Engagement: Project Review Science Center Public Forums Summative Evaluation Report Building with Biology Participant Impact Evaluation Report Hall of Human Life Summative Evaluation Report NISE Net Years 6‐10 Evaluation Summary NISE Network Professional Impacts Summative Evaluation Public Reach Estimations for the NISE Network NISE Network Forum: “Risks, Benefits, and Who Decides?” Listening to Visitors: What’s Broken at the Museum of Science? “Baseball Stories” User Generated Content Project Exploring Life’s Origins Project Summative Evaluation Hall of Human Life Exhibition Catalyst Sort Beyond the X-Ray Exhibition Summative Evaluation A Closer Look at the Visitor Experience: An Analysis of Visitor Comment Cards Lessons from Observations of Educator Support at an Engineer Design Activity NISE Network Forum: "Energy Challenges, Nanotech Solutions?" Formative Evaluation Microrobotics Takes Flight (RoboBees): Summative Evaluation Report NISE Network Forum: "Privacy. Civil Liberties. Nanotechnology." Formative Evaluation Provocative Questions: Supporting effective dialogue about societal issues informed by human biology in a changing world: Exploratory Research Study RISE January 2009 Public Communication Internship Formative Evaluation Dimensions of Public Engagement with Science Summative Evaluation Nanotechnology Onstage at the Museum of Science Presentation Review Workshop to Explore Engaging Broader Publics in Conversations about Assessment of the Societal Implications of New and Emerging Directions in Science and Technology Review of NISE Net Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 NISE Network Forum: “Nanomedicine in Healthcare” NISE Network Bilingual Forums Formative Evaluation Review of NISE Network Evaluation Findings: Years 1-5 Including Visitors who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Implications for the Museum of Science Research Summary Report
