!nformalScience.org: Building a Web Community for Informal Science

!nformalScience.org：建立非正式科学网络社区

• 批准号: 0610348
• 负责人: Kevin Crowley
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-15 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0610348&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: nformalScience.org; Building; Web; Community; Informal

The University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE) proposes to redevelop its web-site, http://www.informalscience.org, which has become the primary online resource for researchers and practitioners dedicated to dissemination and development of knowledge about informal science and learning. The redesigned site will include more multimedia elements, an expanded research database and an improved search function. The site will be expanded by adding a quarterly Informal Learning Research newsletter (with the American Educational Research Association), conference reporting, interview articles, monthly evaluation tools and tips articles, Informal Science in the News clipping service, Research Toolkit and a listserv. It also will include digitized resources of the Visitor Studies Association.This web-site will support the continued creation of a cumulative body of empirical research and improve connections between research and practice. In so doing, it will foster the continued development of a community of practice in informal STEM education. This project will significantly enhance a major element of the infrastructure for this field.

匹兹堡大学校外环境学习中心（UPCLOSE）建议重新开发其网站http://www.informalscience.org，该网站已成为致力于传播和发展非正式科学和学习知识的研究人员和从业人员的主要在线资源。 重新设计的网址将包括更多的多媒体内容、扩大的研究数据库和改进的搜索功能。 该网站将通过增加季度非正式学习研究通讯（与美国教育研究协会），会议报告，访谈文章，每月评估工具和提示文章，非正式科学的新闻剪报服务，研究工具包和一个listserv。 它还将包括游客研究协会的数字化资源，该网站将支持继续建立经验研究的累积体，并改善研究与实践之间的联系。 在这样做的过程中，它将促进非正式STEM教育实践社区的持续发展。 该项目将大大加强这一领域基础设施的一个主要组成部分。