Education & Public Outreach Information Management in Astronomy: IYA2009 & EU-UNAWE
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The document discusses the information management initiatives for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and Universe Awareness, covering their respective global websites, target audiences, and main use cases. It provides statistics on updates, resources, and engagement from various platforms, emphasizing the importance of educational outreach and peer review for resources. Additionally, it outlines future plans and collaborations aimed at optimizing resource distribution and quality assessment in astronomy education.
Education & Public Outreach Information Management in Astronomy: IYA2009 & EU-UNAWE
- 1. EPO Information Management in Astronomy International Year of Astronomy 2009 and EU Universe Awareness Pedro Russo russo@strw.leidenuniv.nl twitter: @pruss | @unawe
- 4. international year of astronomy 2009 global website www.astronomy2009.org Time Frame: 2007 - 2010 Language: English Target Audience: ‣ Single Point of Contacts ‣ Global Projects Chairs ‣ Other event Organisers ‣ Journalists
- 5. international year of astronomy 2009 global website Main Use Cases: ‣ Find resources )Logos, promo video, presentations( ‣ Find National Contact Points )and national websites( ‣ IYA2009 background information )goals, objectives( ‣ Updates )announcements, press releases, etc.(
- 6. international year of astronomy 2009 global website Main Modules ‣ Updates Module ‣ Resources ‣ National/Organisational Single Points of Contact
- 7. international year of astronomy 2009 national nodes
- 8. international year of astronomy 2009 resources
- 9. international year of astronomy 2009 admin console
- 10. international year of astronomy 2009 some stats Number of updates: 1068 )average: 1 update/day( Number of press releases: 36 Number of SPoCs: 218 Number of Resources: 530 Number of Pages: 141
- 11. international year of astronomy 2009 some stats Opening Event 100 Hours of Astronomy Total Solar Eclipse )UNESCO, Paris(
- 12. international year of astronomy 2009 some stats Sources Top Content 1. google 516,778 1. Front page / 1,047,586 2. (direct) 314,080 2. /component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ 162,672 (old joomla links/ redirects) !! 3. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov 25,897 3. /general// 108,866 4. iau.org 24,466 4. /globalprojects// 91,678 5. yahoo 18,828 5. /resources// 91,556 6. spacetelescope.org 17,561 6. /resources/branding// 85,344 7. google.com 14,449 7. /organisation/nodes/national// 69,834 8. experiencetheplanets.com 14,304 8. /globalprojects/cornerstones/galileoscope// 66,479 9. twitter.com 11,551 9. /resources/multimedia/videos// 54,320 10. 100hoursofastronomy.org 10,856 10. /news// 51,711
- 14. Universe Awareness global website www.unawe.org Time Frame: )2006( 2010 - 2013+ Language: English Target Audience: ‣ UNAWE network members )56 Countries( ‣ Astronomy Educators ‣ Science Educators ‣ Students interested in educational and public outreach
- 15. Universe Awareness vision for the global website Learning, doing and improving–together
- 16. Universe Awareness building blocks for the global website POST: Spark new ideas, conversations and actions. DO: Discovery good resources, contacts and ideas to use and implement. SHARE and CONNECT:Through social networks, on-line platforms, networks, etc..
- 17. universe awareness global website Main Use Cases: ‣ Discover educational resources ‣ Find National Contact Points )and national websites( ‣ Explore Space Scoops:Astronomy news for children ‣ Read Updates )announcements, press releases, etc.(
- 18. universe awareness global website Main Modules ‣ Announcements Module ‣ Space Scoop Module )with translations( ‣ National Contacts ‣ Educational Materials
- 22. universe awareness int website some stats )July 2011 - March 2013( Number of updates: 210 )~2/3 update/week( Number of press releases: 5 Number of Space Scoops: 139 Number of Space Scoop translations: 1431 )21 languages( Number of pages: 52 Number of UNAWE network countries: 56 Number of Resources: 727 ) ~ 85 educational resources(
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- 25. Peer Review Platform for Educational Resources § output in many different formats - PDF )print quality and low-res(, .odt, HTML, epub, mobi, etc. § Syndicated through document sharing sites )Open Education Resources, Issuu, Slideshare, TES, Scientix and other social media networks(. § Current Status: Technical proof of concept
- 32. On-line Educational Resources Problems Resources are difficult to find, too many educational resources, too many repositories: Search Engine Optimisation Excellent resources are almost impossible to find: Quality Assessment
- 33. Peer Review Platform for Educational Resources § A platform for astronomy communicators to discover, review, redistribute, submit and remix educational resources § A platform to review and obtain objective guidance on the resources, have successful resources published in a central repository and receive IAU approval/accreditation.
- 34. Peer Review Platform for Educational Resources 1.Reuse - e.g., make a digital copy of the content 2.Revise - e.g., translate the content into another language or modify a learning activity 3.Remix - e.g., incorporate the content into other content 4R Resource Repository Model (David Wiley, 2009) 4.Redistribute - e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend
- 35. Peer Review Platform for Educational Resources 4R Resource Repository 5R Resource Repository Model )Russo et al. Model 2012 in prep.( +1 : Review: Content and quality reviewed )and improved( by the community peers
- 36. Editorial Board Distribution Submission Editor/Curator 2 Reviewers Publication Translation ‣ Astronomer ‣ Educator Evaluation Report How to implement this workflow in Djangoplicity?
- 39. universe awareness network dashboard Analytics for UNAWE network ‣ Event registration ‣ Reporting platform ‣ Related news aggregator Potential collaboration with IAU OAO event management platform
- 40. Universe Awareness roadmap le u od n lM io rd ct ria oa Se e ut at hb e yo lM at as e La pd D sit na U p eb rk io oo p at W wo m Sc uc va ds et Ed e Re Ki N ac Sp Apr May - Jun Aug - Sep Nov 2014 ? se e as lea le Re Re lic ta Be b Pu Aug - Sep Oct - Nov in the framework of IAU OAD TF2: School and Children