Mobile Laboratory Coalition (MLC) Annual Meeting

移动实验室联盟 (MLC) 年会

• 批准号: 8528187
• 负责人: AMANDA LYNSEY JONES
• 金额: $ 0.99万
• 依托单位: SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8528187
• 关键词: Address; Administrator; Area; Astronomy; Awareness; Biological Sciences; Collaborations; Commit; Communities; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Engineering; Ensure; Evaluation; Fostering; Funding Opportunities; Hawaii; Hong Kong; Improve Access; Industry; Institution; International; Knowledge; Laboratories; Learning; Marketing; Methods; Outcome; Population; Preparation; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Resource Sharing; Resources; STEM field; Scholarship; Schools; Science; Structure; Students; Technology; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; career; design; experience; graduate student; improved; industry partner; innovation; instructor; meetings; member; next generation; novel; posters; programs; public health relevance; science education; skills; success; symposium; teacher; tool; trend

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mobile laboratories provide a unique opportunity for improving access of students to cutting-edge, hands-on science and technology activities; they also present unique challenges. The Mobile Laboratory Coalition (MLC) was formed in 2005 and is now considered an international partnership of mobile science education programs that are committed to providing equal access opportunities to science and technology education and workforce preparation for all populations. The MLC has held a conference for member programs, formal and informal STEM educators, partners and other key stakeholders in the field annually since 2005. These annual conferences are critically important to provide a forum for mobile laboratory educators and their partners to build and strengthen their own knowledge and skills in areas relevant to their mobile lab program, and to share program successes as well as challenges. There is no other conference for mobile laboratories and their partners. The proposed project seeks to enhance and expand the MLC annual conference over the next three years by offering scholarships and through strategic marketing to increase attendance and membership in the MLC. This project would make it possible for smaller and/or independent mobile laboratory programs to host the annual meeting and broaden the scope of expertise represented at the conference, both of which would benefit all MLC members and conference attendees. The expected outcomes for the conference are an increase in effectiveness of program staff of all levels through professional development, the development of collaborations, improved quality of programs and the development of shared resources such as evaluation tools and curriculum. The end result is that students participating in mobile science laboratory programs receive higher quality and higher impact science education and have greater awareness of the career possibilities in the STEM fields.

描述（由申请人提供）：移动的实验室提供了一个独特的机会，提高学生获得尖端，动手科学和技术活动;他们也提出了独特的挑战。移动的实验室联盟（MLC）成立于2005年，目前被认为是一个国际合作伙伴关系的移动的科学教育项目，致力于为所有人提供平等的科学技术教育和劳动力准备机会。自2005年以来，MLC每年都为成员计划，正式和非正式的STEM教育工作者，合作伙伴和该领域的其他关键利益相关者举行会议。这些年度会议至关重要，为移动的实验室教育工作者及其合作伙伴提供了一个论坛，以建立和加强他们自己在与移动的实验室计划相关的领域的知识和技能，并分享计划的成功和挑战。移动的实验室及其合作伙伴没有其他会议。拟议的项目旨在通过提供奖学金和通过战略营销增加MLC的出席率和会员人数，在未来三年内加强和扩大MLC年会。该项目将使小型和/或独立的移动的实验室项目有可能主办年度会议，并扩大会议所代表的专业知识范围，这两者都将使所有MLC成员和会议与会者受益。会议的预期成果是通过专业发展，发展合作，提高方案质量和开发评估工具和课程等共享资源，提高各级方案工作人员的效率。最终的结果是，学生参加移动的科学实验室计划接受更高质量和更高的影响力的科学教育，并有在干领域的职业可能性的认识。