Human +

“人类+”是由纽约科学馆（NYSCI）、匹兹堡大学和卡内基梅隆大学的美国国家科学基金会生活质量技术工程研究中心（QoLT ERC）、俄勒冈科学与工业博物馆（OMSI）和学习创新研究所合作开展的。该项目将邀请工程师、教育工作者、设计师和残疾人参与设计过程，创建一个2500平方英尺的名为“人类+”的巡回展览。STEM的内容是工程学，特别是为提高人类能力而取得的非凡技术进步。该项目为非正式科学教育（ISE）领域做出了三个重大贡献：1)它是一个将nsf资助的工程研究中心与ISE项目紧密结合的典范。(2)残疾人作为参与者和受众参与其中。(3)它拓宽了工程学作为一项参与性、创造性和具有社会重要性的ISE事业的参与范围。项目可交付成果包括：(1)一个参与设计ISE活动的模型，以激发工程师、残疾人、ISE专业人员和设计师之间的创新；2)一个2500平方英尺的巡回展览，吸引公众参与人类增强的科学、技术和社会问题。OMSI将进行前期评估，以探索现有的知识和态度，将包括退伍军人、年轻人和老年人在内的大量残疾人纳入其中。形成性评估同样将与参与式设计过程相结合，原型将由观众和核心“人类+”参与式设计团队进行测试。学习创新研究所的总结性评估将解决参与式设计过程的有效性和展览的有效性，以解决国家工程院的目标，即公众理解工程是一个创造性的和社会参与的领域。预计将有70万参观者在OMSI和NYSCI体验“人类+”展览。此外，OMSI将通过其广泛而多样的科学中心网络参观展览，其中24个科学中心已表示有兴趣作为潜在的主办地点。科学星期五的网络广播/播客预计将达到130万听众。公众观众将参与工程主题，并通过体验一个引人注目的研究领域，更好地理解其对人类生存的重要性。该项目团队将与退伍军人管理局和DARPA合作，让残疾退伍军人既成为参与者，也成为观众。以人类为中心的展览还将激发老年人的兴趣，并将工程领域推广给残疾人、女孩和少数民族青年等工程领域代表性不足的群体。该项目将尖端技术和工程实践置于深刻的个人背景中。“人类+”将有助于增强绝大多数已经或将在一生中患有残疾的人以及我们这些关心残疾人的人的权能。

"Human +" is a collaboration among the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), NSF Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center (QoLT ERC) of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), and the Institute for Learning Innovation. The project will engage engineers, educators, designers, and people with disabilities in a process of participatory design to create a 2,500 square foot traveling exhibition entitled "Human +". The STEM content is engineering, specifically the extraordinary technological advances being made to enhance human abilities. The project is making three significant contributions to the Informal Science Education (ISE) field: 1) It is a model of close integration of an NSF-funded engineering research center into an ISE project. (2) It engages people with disabilities, both as participants and audiences. (3) It broadens engagement with engineering as a participatory, creative, and socially important ISE undertaking. Project deliverables are: (1) a model for participatory design of ISE activities to generate innovation among engineers, people with disabilities, ISE professionals, and designers; and 2) a 2,500 square-foot traveling exhibition engaging the public in the science, technology, and social issues of human enhancement. Front-end evaluation will be conducted by OMSI to explore pre-existing knowledge and attitudes, integrating significant numbers of people with disabilities including veterans, young people, and older people. Formative evaluation will likewise be integrated with the participatory design process, with prototypes being tested both by audiences and by the core "Human +" participatory design team. Summative evaluation by Institute for Learning Innovation will address both the effectiveness of the participatory design process and the effectiveness of the exhibition in addressing the National Academy for Engineering goals for public understanding of engineering as a creative and socially engaged field.An estimated 700,000 visitors will experience the "Human +" exhibition at OMSI and NYSCI. In addition, OMSI will tour the exhibition through its extensive and diverse network of science centers, with 24 science centers having expressed interest as potential host sites. The Science Friday webcast/podcast will reach an estimated 1.3 million listeners. Public audiences will engage in the topic of engineering and better understand its importance to human existence through experiencing one compelling research area. The project team will work with the Veterans Administration and DARPA to engage veterans with disabilities both as participants and as audiences. The exhibit with its human-focused content will also stimulate interest among older adults and promote the engineering field to groups underrepresented in engineering such as people with disabilities, girls, and minority youth. The project places cutting-edge technology and engineering practice in a profoundly personal context. "Human +" will contribute to the empowerment of the great majority of people who have, or will have, disabilities during their lifetime and for those of us who care for people with disabilities.