Conference & Proceedings: "Crafting and Evaluating Interactive Educational Websites," Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Spring, 2005

“制作和评估互动教育网站”会议将由康奈尔大学鸟类学实验室和探索馆合作开发。私营部门将开发和主办一次为期三天的邀请会议，重点讨论旨在实现或支持非正式STEM学习的互动网站设计、开发、评估和维护的做法。会议将于2005年春季举行，将有50名具有广泛专业知识的个人参加，他们将专注于各种问题，包括观众的期望和能力、针对学习者结果的设计、可用性测试、评估工具和可获得性。关于知识价值，与会者将探讨阻碍开发真正互动的网站的挑战和障碍，并确定最佳做法和有希望的模式、工具和技术，以鼓励真实的公共互动。在会议上开始的对话将通过编写一本在线手册扩大到更广泛的受众，该手册根据会议介绍和评论提供信息，并设计供博物馆、媒体和研究界使用。会议结束后开发的一个互动网站将允许网络开发人员找到设计内容和想法，并分享可用性研究和评估的新想法和结果。

The "Crafting & Evaluating Interactive Educational Websites" conference will be developed through a collaboration between the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology and the Exploratorium. The PIs will develop and host a three-day invitational conference focusing on the practice of interactive web site design, development, evaluation and maintenance intended to achieve or support informal STEM learning. The conference, which will be held in Spring, 2005, will involve 50 individuals with a wide range of expertise who will focus on a variety of issues including audience expectations and abilities, designing for learner outcomes, testing for usability, evaluation tools and accessibility. With regard to intellectual merit, conference attendees will explore challenges and barriers that hinder development of truly interactive web sites and identify best practices and promising models, tools and technologies for encouraging authentic public interaction. Conversations begun at the conference will be extended to a broader audience through development of an online manual, informed by the conference presentations and commentaries, and designed for use by the museum, media and research communities. An interactive Web site developed after the conference will allow Web developers to locate content and ideas for design, and to share new ideas and results of usability studies and evaluations.