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resource evaluation Media and Technology
Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) conducted a summative evaluation of the second season of NOVA scienceNOW, the PBS series that explores cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation in real time. (GRG also served as the external evaluator for NOVA scienceNOW during Season One). In addition to the television series, WGBH-TV developed a companion website, a series of high school classroom activities, and a Science Cafe outreach initiative, designed to discuss, in non-academic environments, the latest developments in science. The Season Two evaluation included: 1) a viewer study
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TEAM MEMBERS: Karen Peterman Emilee Pressman Irene F Goodman WGBH
resource evaluation Media and Technology
Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) conducted a summative evaluation of the first season of NOVA scienceNOW, the PBS series that explores cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation in real time. The evaluation included two primary components: 1) an evaluation of the television series, and 2) an evaluation of the outreach, which consisted of a companion website and a series of Science Cafes hosted around the country. GRG's evaluation was designed to assess the project's effectiveness in meeting its overall goal of engaging a variety of audiences more deeply with scientific research in
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resource research Media and Technology
As today’s policy challenges become more complex, it has become clear that American media—online news, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines—are not up to the task of explaining the problems underlying them or providing citizens with all the information they need to engage in public conversations about them. Democracy cannot function properly without those conversations. But one new medium—videogames—may well fill the gap. By their very nature, videogames can engage players in ways that enable players to make their way through the intricacies of policy problems. As players begin to
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TEAM MEMBERS: Diane Tucker
resource research Media and Technology
The January 2013 issue includes articles and features on crowdsourcing, partnerships in natural history museums, communicating science through art, theater as climate change education, case studies on informal science education-related projects like gigapixel imaging and museum educators collaborating with scientists to engage visitors, and more.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Zahava Doering
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-1114476 (Gigapixel Cyberinfrastructure for Participatory Science Learning) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marti Louw
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-1114690 (Spy Hounds) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Kate Taylor
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-1114515 (LOOP Production Season One) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marisa Wolsky
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-1010900 (Peep and The Big Wide World Season Five) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Kate Taylor
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-0917495 (Design Squad Nation) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marisa Wolsky
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF DRL-0638977 (Water's Journey through The Everglades) presented at the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Eileen Smith
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF grant DRL-1132393 (Cyberlearning Research Summit 2012: Imagining the Future of Learning, Systems, People, and Technology) from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sherry Hsi
resource research Media and Technology
Poster on NSF grant DRL-1114663 (3D Visualization Tools For Enhancing Awareness, Understanding, And Stewardship Of Freshwater Ecosystems) from the 2012 ISE PI Meeting.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Geoff Schladow