Interactions in Understanding the Universe (I2U2)

该奖项授予I2U2：了解宇宙中的互动，这是一个“教育虚拟组织”(EDVO)，旨在通过为一系列连贯、协作的在线科学教育实验室提供基础设施支持和计划框架，加强美国大学和实验室的科学实验教育和推广活动。I2U2维护着一系列不同学科的教育实验室的在线产品组合，并提供工具和支持服务，帮助开发人员创建这些教育资源。这些实验室通过使用国家网格网络基础设施为教育开辟了新的天地，就像科学越来越多地使用网格一样。I2U2协作室有两个相似但截然不同的形状。？e-Labs，？作为可在教室和家里访问的基于Web的门户网站提供，利用基于Web的媒体的不断扩展的功能来实施。？i-Labs，？以交互界面的形式提供，通常位于科学博物馆和类似的公共场所。I2U2将作为虚拟组织部署和维护自己。为那些在开发基于网格的教育和外联资源方面有共同兴趣并寻求通过互联网和网格与其目标受众进行交流、协调和接触的参与者提供支持，这些参与者来自不同的项目边界和许多不同的国内机构。I2U2还将广泛评价和评估科学教育实验室组合的有效性和使用情况。

ABSTRACT0736126 PI: BardeenThis award is for I2U2: Interactions in Understanding the Universe, an "educational virtual organization" (EDVO), which is designed to strengthen the education and outreach activities of scientific experiments at U.S. universities and laboratoriesby providing infrastructure support and a program framework for a portfolio of coherent, collaborative online science education laboratories. I2U2 maintains a growing online portfolio of educational laboratories for a diverse range of disciplines and provides tools and support services to assist developers in creating these educational resources. These laboratories break new ground by using the national Grid cyberinfrastructure for education in the same way that science increasingly uses the Grid. I2U2 collaboratories take two similar but distinct shapes. ?e-Labs,? delivered as Web-based portals accessible in the classroom and at home, are implemented with the ever-expanding capabilities of Web-based media. ?i-Labs,? are delivered as interactive interfaces typically located within science museums and similar public venues. I2U2 will deploy and maintain itself as a ?virtual organization? to provide support for participants across project boundaries and from many different home institutions who share a common interest in developing Grid-based education and outreach resources, and who seek to communicate, coordinate and reach their target audience through the Internet and the Grid. I2U2 will also extensively evaluate and assess the effectiveness and use of the portfolio of science education laboratories.