Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network

面向公众的门户：扩大国家网络（PoP: ENN）正在全国范围内成功地实施由美国国家科学基金会资助的面向公众的门户模式，在该模式中，研究人员接受培训，与非正式科学教育（ISE）机构的公众就他们正在进行的研究进行交流和互动。该项目将在8个站点对该模型进行全面评估，目前在另外15个站点实施，将把20个新的ISE站点纳入不断发展的网络，为ISE专业人员提供关于使用和调整PoP实施手册和工具包的培训和指导，并开发一个增强的网络网站，作为交流和创新中心。这项工作是对ISE组织的需求和活动的响应，ISE组织不断扩大其使命，不仅仅是向公众展示已建立的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM），并且正在努力成为游客也可以通过与研究人员面对面互动体验当前研究过程和承诺的地方。该项目正在扩大全国各地参与的机构的种类和数量，并正在促进它们发展知识库、分享经验和最佳做法的能力。

Portal to the Public: Expanding the National Network (PoP: ENN) is implementing around the county the successful NSF-funded Portal to the Public model in which researchers are trained to communicate and interact with the general public at informal science education (ISE) institutions about the research that they are conducting. The project, which follows on a thorough evaluation of the model at eight sites and current implementation at an additional fifteen sites, will incorporate twenty new ISE sites into the growing network, provide training and mentorship to ISE professionals on the use and adaptation of the PoP implementation manual and toolkits, and develop an enhanced network website that will serve as a communication and innovation hub.The work is responsive to the needs and activities of ISE organizations which continue to expand their missions beyond presenting to the public established science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and are working to become places where visitors can also experience the process and promise of current research via face-to-face interactions with researchers. The project is expanding both the kind and number of institutions involved around the country and is facilitating their capacity to develop a knowledge base, share experiences and best practices.