Education Using Audioguides on Research in the Sciences

在科学研究中使用音频指南的教育大学大气研究公司（UCAR）将试点开发一种音频指南，以帮助目前在国家大气研究中心（NCAR）梅萨实验室的项目中服务不足的游客提高对科学学习的认识和可及性。这项名为“利用科学研究音频指南进行教育”的创造性努力将由听力和视力受损、低收入、母语为西班牙语的专家提供信息。EARS的目标是吸引和告知成千上万不能或选择不参加梅萨实验室工作人员导游的游客；为弱视、失明或听力损失的参观者改善参观展品的便利性；通过将语音指南翻译成西班牙语，将这种教育经验扩展到该地区的低收入移民人口；加强家庭对动手展览和科学探究过程的学习。EARS将在UCAR教育和外联办公室经验丰富的工作人员的领导下开发，并与NCAR的科学家以及科罗拉多州盲人中心、听力障碍者自助中心和家庭学习中心的代表协商。一家公认的音频指南技术和制作提供商已被选中创建新的EARS通信资源。

Education Using Audioguides on Research in the SciencesThe University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will pilot the development of an audioguide that will help to improve knowledge about and accessibility to science learning for visitors currently underserved by programs at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Mesa Laboratory. This creative endeavor, entitled Education Using Audioguides on Research in the Sciences (EARS), will be informed by experts on the hearing and vision- impaired and low-income, native Spanish speakers. The goals of EARS are to engage and inform thousands of visitors who cannot or choose not to take a staff-guided tour at the Mesa Lab; improve accessibility to exhibits for visitors who have low vision, blindness, or hearing loss; extend this educational experience to the region's low-income immigrant population through the audioguide's translation into Spanish; and enhance family learning about hands-on exhibits and the science inquiry process. EARS will be developed under the experienced leadership of staff in UCAR's Office of Education and Outreach, in consultation with NCAR scientists and representatives of the Colorado Center for the Blind, Self Help for the Hard of Hearing, and the Family Learning Center. A well-recognized provider of audioguide technology and production has been selected to create the new EARS communications resource.