EAGER: DIG: Scientists in Alaska's Scenery

渴望：挖掘：阿拉斯加风景中的科学家

• 批准号: 1058800
• 负责人: Gregory Newby
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1058800&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; DIG; Scientists; Alaska; Scenery

The project DIG: Scientists in Alaska's Scenery will perform proof-of-concept on integrating a tourist's visit with place-based stories of meaningful science research in the Arctic. DIG (Digitally Integrated Guide) will widen the general public's interaction with the cultural and natural environment by allowing them to access Web sites and load their handheld mobile devices with engaging descriptions of research. Access can occur before, during, or after their visit - even if the visit takes them far from computers, electricity and the Internet. The creation of user-friendly access to technology and to scientists' stories will provide a new information tool for the public. For these tourists, or others interested in research in Alaska, opportunities to learn directly from the scientists themselves are almost non-existent. Moreover, tourists have no capability to link such research with places they visit. DIG's place-based outreach will be delivered using standard media (broadcast TV, publications) and social media (Web, facebook, twitter, etc.) and mobile devices. DIG demonstration project will join scientists, Alaska Native peoples, tourists, media makers, interpreters and technology experts in inquiry-based learning designed to maximize engagement by the general public. The radically different approach to Arctic-focused science documentary proposed here fosters the close collaboration of the scientist and media maker. Video podcasts (vodcasts) and supporting Web-based materials will be created for three current research projects in Alaska, with a focus on NSF-funded projects. Such projects include anthropology and cultural/linguistic study, paleontology, climate change research, biology, and other areas. Delivery and evaluation will emphasize tourists who visit, or are planning to visit, the National Parks of Alaska. These tourists are accessible to the research team, and they are motivated to seek out information about the places they are visiting. If successful, our approach to science education and outreach will augment their knowledge about research in Alaska, resulting in a deeper and more informed experience.

DIG项目：阿拉斯加风景区的科学家将对游客的访问与北极有意义的科学研究的地方故事进行概念验证。DIG（数字综合指南）将扩大公众与文化和自然环境的互动，使他们能够访问网站，并在他们的手持移动的设备上加载引人入胜的研究说明。 访问可以发生在他们访问之前，期间或之后-即使访问使他们远离计算机，电力和互联网。建立方便用户的技术和科学家故事的获取渠道，将为公众提供一种新的信息工具。对于这些游客或其他对阿拉斯加研究感兴趣的人来说，直接向科学家学习的机会几乎不存在。 此外，游客没有能力将这种研究与他们参观的地方联系起来。DIG的基于地点的外展活动将使用标准媒体（广播电视、出版物）和社交媒体（网络、Facebook、Twitter等）进行和移动的设备。DIG示范项目将与科学家、阿拉斯加原住民、游客、媒体制作人、口译员和技术专家一起进行基于探究的学习，旨在最大限度地提高公众的参与度。 这里提出的以北极为重点的科学纪录片的截然不同的方法促进了科学家和媒体制作者的密切合作。将为阿拉斯加目前的三个研究项目创建视频播客（播客）和支持基于网络的材料，重点是NSF资助的项目。 这些项目包括人类学和文化/语言研究、古生物学、气候变化研究、生物学和其他领域。 交付和评估将强调参观或计划参观阿拉斯加国家公园的游客。 这些游客是研究小组可以接触到的，他们有动力去寻找他们所访问的地方的信息。 如果成功，我们的科学教育和推广方法将增加他们对阿拉斯加研究的了解，从而获得更深入，更明智的体验。