Planning a PI Meeting for the NSDL Program

该项目计划在2008年秋季为PI和NSDL计划支持的项目以及直接参与这些项目和NSDL.org的社区，特别是K-12和高等教育STEM教师和学习者举办一次会议。在开发和使用NSDL项目和NSDL.org的分布式网络环境中，面对面的会议提供了交流研究成果和有前途的做法以及探讨共同挑战和解决办法的机会。与会的PI和项目工作人员的横截面确保了纵向和横向的思想交流。会议的主要目标是：i）为所有与会者提供网络机会; ii）展示NSDL社区的成就; iii）展示NSDL项目对网络支持的STEM教育的贡献。成果包括：i）会议规划流程的文档，包括时间表和通信、提案审查流程和会议网站; ii）会议演示文稿和海报的档案;以及iii）会议结束调查和NSDL社区的相关报告。该项目的智力价值在于它支持和促进与会者交流研究成果和新思想。此外，会议规划小组一直致力于在会议规划过程中以及会议期间和会后整合支持同行联系的新兴技术和服务。年会本身正在发挥更广泛的影响，将教育网络基础设施的研究人员和开发人员与来自美国各地的网络支持STEM教育资源的用户聚集在一起。此外，大量的参与者支助费用扩大了参与的范围，超出了国家基金会资助的项目。与会者还传播会议成果;发言在会议网站上存档。

This project is planning and implementing a meeting in Fall 2008 for the PIs and projects supported by the NSDL program and for the communities directly engaged with these projects and with NSDL.org, specifically K-12 and higher education STEM teachers and learners. In the distributed, networked environment in which NSDL projects and NSDL.org are developed and used, face-to-face meetings provide opportunities to exchange research results and promising practices and to explore common challenges and solutions. The cross-section of PIs and project staff who attend ensures an exchange of ideas vertically and horizontally. The primary goals of the meeting are: i) to provide opportunities for networking for all attendees; ii) to feature accomplishments of the NSDL community; and iii) to demonstrate the value of NSDL projects' contributions to cyber-enabled STEM education. Outcomes include: i) documentation of the meeting planning process, including timelines and communications, proposal review processes, and a meeting website; ii) an archive of meeting presentations and posters; and iii) an end-of-meeting survey and related report to the NSDL community. The intellectual merit of the project lies in its support and facilitation of meeting attendees' exchange of research results and new ideas. In addition the meeting planning team has an ongoing commitment to integrate emerging technologies and services that support peer connections during the meeting planning process and during and after the meeting. The annual meeting itself is exerting broader impact by drawing together researchers and developers of educational cyberinfrastructure with users of cyber-enabled STEM education resources from across the United States. In addition, significant participant support costs broaden the spectrum of participation beyond NSF-funded projects. Participants also disseminate meeting results; and presentations are archived at the meeting website.