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  • Communication and learning structures that facilitate transfer of knowledge at innovation transition points
    Date: 12/09/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Innovation processes are rarely smooth and disruptions often occur at transition points were one knowledge domain passes the technology on to another domain. At these transition points communication is a key component in assisting the smooth hand over of technologies. However for smooth transitions to occur we argue that appropriate structures ... »
  • What kind of a science is sustainability science?
    Date: 12/06/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Sustainability science, as described by the PNAS website, is “…an emerging field of research dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems, and with how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability: meeting the needs of present and future generations while substantially reducing poverty and conserving the planet's ... »
  • Conference Proposal Summary: Planning Meeting to Develop an Annual STEM Media Producers Consortium and Conference
    Date: 12/01/2011
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    Twin Cities Public Television in collaboration with a committee of STEM media professionals will organize a one-day conference devoted to network building and planning for an inaugural, multi-day STEM Media Producers Conference in 2013 or 2014. Professional organizations and conferences are well-known and effective means of building community and ... »
  • Web 2.0 at the Museum of Life and Science: Final Report for the Take Two Institutional Research Study at the University of Washington
    Date: 12/01/2011
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    The Take Two Institutional Research Study was an ethnographic case study of the contributions of Web 2.0 philosophy and technologies to museum practice and staff development at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina. It used a naturalistic methodology to investigate staff members' relationships with each other and their publics ... »
  • Giant Screen Professionals’ Awareness and Attitudes Towards the Development of Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications
    Date: 12/01/2011
    Resource Category!: Summative
    The National Science Foundation provided funding through NSF-ISE# 0946691 to support the Digital Immersive Screen Colloquium for Unified Standards and Specifications (DISCUSS), a seed initiative to nurture a shared Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications (DIGSS) for STEM learning film production at a scale and quality that is sustainable in ... »
  • Informal Science Education in Formal Science Teacher Preparation
    Date: 11/23/2011
    Resource Category!: Edited Chapter
    This chapter examines what is known about the use and the potential of including informal science education in formal science teacher preparation. The chapter’s first section provides an introduction to the argument for innovation in formal science teacher preparation and the potential positive inclusion of informal science education. The second ... »
  • ISE Organizational Networks Convening Overview
    Date: 11/17/2011
    Resource Category!: Reference Materials
    Meeting Overview for the CAISE Convening on ISE Organizational Networks, November 17-18, 2011 ... »
  • TexNET: Texas Network for Exhibit-based Learning and Teaching presentation
    Date: 11/17/2011
    Resource Category!: Presentation Slides
    Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0337354 (""TexNET: Texas Network for Exhibit-based Learning and Teaching"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011."") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011. ... »
  • QUEST: Exploring our Natural World presentation
    Date: 11/17/2011
    Resource Category!: Presentation Slides
    Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0540418 (""QUEST: Exploring our Natural World"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011."") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011. ... »
  • National Science Festival Network presentation
    Date: 11/17/2011
    Resource Category!: Presentation Slides
    Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0840333 (""National Science Festival Network"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011."") presented at the CAISE Convening on Organizational Networks, November 17th, 2011. ... »

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