The NEESacademy: A strong foundation for education and outreach

Sean Brophy, Thalia Anagnos, Barbara Cooper, Jason Lambert and Jared West

Vision◦NEES will be the central resource for

learning of Earthquake Engineering, Science and the discoveries produced by the NEES community.

NEES Education, Outreach and Training

Education of undergraduate and graduate students

Outreach to K-12 learners, practitioners, and the general public

Training of researchers and staff involved in generating quality experiments and using NEEShub tools

Dissemination of NEES research findings and impacts

NEES EOT Program involves ...

Summer camps, visits to schools, open houses, workshops, and conferences only reach a fraction of the potential audience

Challenge: How to reach the broadest audience

Challenge: How to educate with powerful learning resources?

Video YouTube channel

Webinar and video lectures

News & Highlights

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100+ High quality videos

~25 recorded presentations

Data and Visualization tools

Online simulation…

Telepresence Video4 education tools hosted in the hub

We have a HUB for the that…

Use NEEShub tools to support educational and outreach needs

SimulationMultimedia

Learning objectsSeries

Project warehouseCollaboration tools

Draw on NEES Research & Researchers

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NEEScomm Development Team

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NEESacademy – Phase 1Learning and Outreach Portal

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NEES Academy – Phase 1Learning and Outreach Portal

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Science and Engineering Media and lessons on…

Geo science/technologyGround motion

Material propertiesDesign and test structures

Dynamics

Science and Engineering

…from organizing and delivering resources to managing learning experiences. ◦Establish cohesive thematic scheme◦NEES EOT curriculum (outreach/education)◦Enhanced implementation and delivery◦Integrating resources into lesson plans◦Collecting and reporting student data◦Use instructional design patterns

NEESacademy – Phase 2

Activity patterns for action and reflection◦ Conceptual Design◦ Compare and contrast◦ Predict, test, observe,

refine Modeling Data management

Learning cycles for inquiry learning

Challenge Driven Inquiry Single Story Analysis Module 1

Hosting Learning Series

Remote LaboratoryStudents anywhere in the world can operate educational shake tables remotely and discover structural dynamics principles

Virtual World for Collaboration

NEES@UCLA video of nonductile versus ductile concrete columns

Users Can Contribute Resources

Users can submit reviews of this resource

Data Sets and visualization tools for analysis

Simulations for exploring phenomena Videos (experiments, explanations, demos,

seminars) Virtual laboratories Remotely operated laboratories Lesson plans for science and engineering Outreach Activity Plans Interactive Lessons Literature and Tutorials on Teaching and

Learning Links to other web-based learning resources

Community Resource

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NEESacademy

Active community of contributors Active community of users Large base of resources Cohesive collection of learning modules for

science and engineering Highly interactive learning experiences Thematic lessons for cohesive message Vetted materials through ratings and

educational research

NEESacademy in 2014

Register yourself with nees.org Explore NEESacademy and try out Tools and

Resources Share your WISH LIST for education and

outreach materials CONTRIBUTE your innovative learning

modules into the NEESacademy Contact the development team for help and

advice – eot@nees.org