What can COSEE NOW do to help you achieve broader impacts with your research?

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What can COSEE NOW do to helpyou achieve broader impacts with

your research?

Brought to you by:

The people who always bring kids into the building

Janice McDonnell

Sage Lichtenwalner

Carrie Ferraro

September 20, 2010

Talk Outline

Intro to BroaderImpacts

COSEE: Who we areand how can we help

How to fulfill CriterionII?

Examples

What is Criterion II or Broader Impacts?

Since 1997, NSF

attempted to diversifyand enrich science

research and

education in the USA

through the BroaderImpacts Criterion(BIC), also known asCriterion Two or the

Second Criterion

BI Criterion

Advance discovery and understanding

Broaden the participation of

underrepresented groups

Enhance the infrastructure for

research and education

Disseminated broadly

Benefit society


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Education & Public Outreach are not theonly options for Criterion II:

technology transfer

science policy

developing

instrumentation that willbenefit your research

community

broadening participation

in STEM fields establishing user facilities

The Importance of Broader Impacts

The 30,000 foot view:

Improve public decision making

Enhance the capability of future

generations to develop and use

new scientific information and

technology

Addressing future workforceissues, including recruiting &

retaining higher level graduate

students

The Importance of Broader Impacts

On the ground:

Agencies require Criterion II

Give you an edge andimprove funding potential

Convince the people that

your project is worth the

investment(Proxmires Golden Fleece Awards)

Scientists Concerns about Criterion II

It is unclear what is required

It will take too much time & money


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Centers for Ocean SciencesEducation Excellence (COSEE)

Mission: To spark and nurture collaborations among research scientists andeducators to advance ocean discovery and make known the vital role of the

ocean in our lives.

COSEECOSEE -- Networked Ocean World (NOW)Networked Ocean World (NOW)

Lead Institutions Rutgers WHOI Liberty Science Center VIMS University of South Florida Monterey Peninsula College Word Craft and a Global Distributed Group

of Partner Scientists

COSEENOW is focused on: assessing the knowledge & needs of

Ocean Observing Systems (OOS)

audiences improve collaboration & coordination

between scientists and educators increase public awareness of OOS in

order to improve societys oceanliteracy

Scientists

Educators

COSEENOW.netLeveraging & Partnerships

Find a science educator/professional to advise and help

execute your project.

Effective partnerships result when

ideas are shared, each partnersexpertise is respected, and bothscientist and educator work toward

the common goal of delivering high-quality products and services to theintended audience.


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InterdisciplinaryTeam

Education specialist with abackground in biological

oceanography

Data visualization andtechnology specialist with a

background in physicaloceanography

GPO alum working onscience content and

curriculum design

What can we cook

up for you?

Logic Models COSEE NOW Support with NSF Criterion II

Our recommendations for success:

1. Open with core objective (who and why)

2. Link to major educational player/partner

already involved in your aforementioned

who and why

3. Relate to educational literature how are

you contributing to education needs of

your target audience?

4. Close with evaluation plan how will you

know you are successful.

5. Please have a budget for your proposed

work.


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1. Open with Core Objective: Who isinvolved and Why

Ocean literacy is an

understanding ofthe oceansinfluence on youand your influence

on the ocean.

An ocean-literate person can communicate

about the oceans in a meaningful way

is able to make informed and responsible

decisions regarding the oceans and its resources.

Essential Principles

1. Earth has one big ocean with many

features.2. The ocean and life in the ocean

shape the features of Earth.

3. The ocean is a major influence onweather and climate.

4. The ocean makes Earth habitable.5. The ocean supports a great

diversity of life and ecosystems.

6. The ocean and humans areinextricably linked.

7. The ocean is largely unexplored.


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Additional Collaboration Tools

Collaborative Editing (Wikis)

Virtual Meetings

Project Management

3. Relate to educational literature 4. Close with evaluation plan howwill you know you are successful?

Choose BI

Plan BI Project(incl.

Evaluation)Do BI Project

Design/DevelopBI Project

Front-endEval

SummativeEval

FormativeEval

FormativeEval


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5. Have a budget for your proposed work.Dont reinvent the wheel -- leverage existing

infrastructure and relationships

Mentor a student for ascience fair project.

Host an educator orstudent in your lab, on a

cruise, or in the field. Serve on an EPO-oriented advisory orreview panel.

Be a scientist-in-residence at a school,science center, museum,or aquarium

Serving as a science specialistConnect with National Education Programs


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Work with programs that broaden

participation of underrepresented groupsPublic Lectures at Liberty Science Center

MARE: Marine Activities, Resources & Education Professional Development/Webinars


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Develop an EPO product.

Be a content expert ona curriculum-development team.

Create visualizationstailored for classroomor educational programuse.

Podcasts

Website

Resources

Get

published in

a differenttype of

journal

Journals and Popular Media


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We have friends who can also help:COSEE NOW (Networked Ocean World)

Questions?

Thank you!

Why did NSF institute the broaderimpactsmerit review requirement?

The Broader Impacts Cosmo Quiz by DiandraL. Lesli e-Pelecky

a) To make researchers lives more difficult.b) To help the NSF justify to Congress how their money isused.

c) To make researchers aware that they have responsibilitiesbeyond producing Science and Nature papers.

d) To provide a fast , easy, check-off list that will streamlineproposal review.e) Broader Impacts are important to the overall survival of

the research enterprise


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What is Evaluation?

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