Planning a PI Meeting for the NSDL Program

该项目正在计划和实施 2008 年秋季举行的会议，会议对象为 NSDL 计划支持的 PI 和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。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希望的实践以及探索共同挑战和解决方案的机会。参加会议的 PI 和项目人员的跨部门确保了垂直和水平的思想交流。会议的主要目标是： i) 为所有与会者提供建立联系的机会； ii) 展示 NSDL 社区的成就； iii) 展示 NSDL 项目对网络 STEM 教育的贡献的价值。结果包括： i) 会议规划流程的记录，包括时间表和沟通、提案审查流程和会议网站； ii) 会议演示文稿和海报的档案； iii) 向 NSDL 群体提交的会议结束调查和相关报告。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，会议筹划团队始终致力于整合新兴技术和服务，以在会议筹划过程中以及会议期间和会后支持对等连接。年会本身通过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的 STEM 教育资源的用户聚集在一起，发挥了更广泛的影响。此外，大量的参与者支持成本扩大了 NSF 资助项目之外的参与范围。与会者还传播会议结果；演示文稿均存档在会议网站上。

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.