EAGER: DIG: Scientists in Alaska's Scenery

“DIG：阿拉斯加风景的科学家”项目将进行概念验证，将游客的参观与北极有意义的科学研究的地点故事结合起来。digital Integrated Guide（数字综合指南）将扩大公众与文化和自然环境的互动，允许他们访问网站，并在手持移动设备上加载引人入胜的研究描述。访问可以发生在访问之前，访问期间或访问之后，即使访问使他们远离计算机，电力和互联网。建立方便用户获取技术和科学家故事的途径将为公众提供一种新的信息工具。对于这些游客或其他对阿拉斯加的研究感兴趣的人来说，直接向科学家学习的机会几乎是不存在的。此外，游客没有能力将这些研究与他们访问的地方联系起来。DIG的现场宣传将通过标准媒体（广播电视、出版物）、社交媒体（网络、facebook、twitter等）和移动设备进行。DIG示范项目将与科学家、阿拉斯加原住民、游客、媒体制作人、口译员和技术专家一起参与以探究为基础的学习，旨在最大限度地提高公众的参与度。这里提出的以北极为中心的科学纪录片的截然不同的方法促进了科学家和媒体制作人的密切合作。视频播客（vodcast）和支持基于网络的材料将为阿拉斯加的三个当前研究项目创建，重点是nsf资助的项目。这些项目包括人类学和文化/语言研究、古生物学、气候变化研究、生物学和其他领域。交付和评估将强调参观或计划参观阿拉斯加国家公园的游客。研究团队可以接触到这些游客，他们有动力去寻找有关他们正在访问的地方的信息。如果成功，我们的科学教育和推广方法将增加他们对阿拉斯加研究的了解，从而获得更深入、更灵通的体验。

The project DIG: Scientists in Alaska's Scenery will perform proof-of-concept on integrating a tourist's visit with place-based stories of meaningful science research in the Arctic. DIG (Digitally Integrated Guide) will widen the general public's interaction with the cultural and natural environment by allowing them to access Web sites and load their handheld mobile devices with engaging descriptions of research. Access can occur before, during, or after their visit - even if the visit takes them far from computers, electricity and the Internet. The creation of user-friendly access to technology and to scientists' stories will provide a new information tool for the public. For these tourists, or others interested in research in Alaska, opportunities to learn directly from the scientists themselves are almost non-existent. Moreover, tourists have no capability to link such research with places they visit. DIG's place-based outreach will be delivered using standard media (broadcast TV, publications) and social media (Web, facebook, twitter, etc.) and mobile devices. DIG demonstration project will join scientists, Alaska Native peoples, tourists, media makers, interpreters and technology experts in inquiry-based learning designed to maximize engagement by the general public. The radically different approach to Arctic-focused science documentary proposed here fosters the close collaboration of the scientist and media maker. Video podcasts (vodcasts) and supporting Web-based materials will be created for three current research projects in Alaska, with a focus on NSF-funded projects. Such projects include anthropology and cultural/linguistic study, paleontology, climate change research, biology, and other areas. Delivery and evaluation will emphasize tourists who visit, or are planning to visit, the National Parks of Alaska. These tourists are accessible to the research team, and they are motivated to seek out information about the places they are visiting. If successful, our approach to science education and outreach will augment their knowledge about research in Alaska, resulting in a deeper and more informed experience.