Producing and Evaluating Random Access Audio Tours for Science-Technology Exhibits

9614858弗里德曼纽约科学馆与劳伦斯科学馆合作，正在生产和评估一种新技术的应用，即随机存取音频播放器，它有望提高科学技术中心互动展览的学习效率。正在制作和测试的音频“游览”将具有不同程度的分支和分层，以适应每个展览单元设计的性质。将为劳伦斯科学馆创建一个“亮点”音频导览，并将为纽约科学馆创建一个专注于单一组光、颜色和视觉展品的音频导览。音频导览将在每个站点针对两类不同的受众进行测试：周末的普通公众和工作日的学校团体。纽约科学馆馆长艾伦·弗里德曼将担任首席研究员。劳伦斯科学馆的代表将是布鲁克·史密斯。音频导览将由史蒂夫·托卡（Steve Tokar）编写和制作，他是CBS广播网络每日广播科学节目《今日科学》（Science Today）的制作人。贝弗利·瑟雷尔（Beverly Serrell）是瑟雷尔联合公司（Serrell & Associates）的董事，她将对每个地点的音频导览进行评估。

9614858 Friedman The New York Hall of Science, in collaboration with the Lawrence Hall of Science, is producing and evaluating an application of recently available technology, the random-access audio player, which offers the promise of improving the effectiveness of learning at science-technology center interactive exhibits. The audio "tours" that are being produced and tested will have varying degrees of branching and layering appropriate to the nature of each exhibit unit design. A "highlights" audio tour will be created for the Lawrence Hall of Science and an audio tour focusing on a single group of light, color, and vision exhibits will be created for the New York Hall of Science. The audio tours will be tested with two different categories of audience at each site: the general public on weekends and schools groups on weekdays. Alan Friedman, Director of the New York Hall of Science, will be the Principal Investigator. The Lawrence Hall of Science will be represented by Brooke Smith. The audio tours will be written and produced by Steve Tokar, the producer of Science Today a daily radio science program on the CBS radio network. Beverly Serrell, Director of Serrell & Associates, will conduct the evaluation of the audio tours at each site.