Investigation of the Use of Interactive Video Exhibits in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Science Museums

互动视频科学联盟是一个由15个科学中心和博物馆组成的非营利性组织，旨在开发关于地球和行星科学的互动视频展览，目的有两个。首先，这两个主题领域的视频展览将成为400万参观者的教育工具，代表15个参与博物馆的观众总数。第二，通过在发展过程中进行广泛的测试和对参观者的研究，联盟成员将加深对在科学博物馆中适当和有效地使用互动视频媒体的理解。联盟成员将资助对该主题进行研究和制作前两张光盘的费用。向美国国家科学基金会提出的要求是对这类项目的有效性和科学博物馆媒介的教育影响进行系统分析。

The Interactive Video Science Consortium is a non-profit group of fifteen science centers and museums that proposes to develop interactive video exhibits about Earth and Planetary sciences with two purposes in mind. One, the video exhibits on the two subject areas will serve as educational vehicles for four million visitors, representing the combined audiences of the fifteen participating museums. Two, through extensive testing and visitor research during the development process the consortium members will enlarge understanding of the appropriate and effective uses of the interactive video medium in science museums. Consortium members will fund the costs of conducting research on the subject matter and producing the first two discs. The request to the National Science Foundation is for the systematic analysis of the effectiveness of this type of program and of the educational impact of the medium in science museums.