20132018 Proposal Budget and New Initiatives CoCom April 9 2012 New Instructors Articulated online curriculum and professional development New undergraduates Targeted undergraduate efforts and Educational Affiliates program ID: 385253
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Education and Public Outreach – 2013-2018 Proposal Budget and New Initiatives
CoCom
April 9,
2012Slide2
New InstructorsArticulated online curriculum and professional development
New undergraduates
Targeted undergraduate efforts and Educational Affiliates programNew classroomsExpand classroom seismology with new sensors, software and support resourcesNew generation of information consumersInteractive content for mobile devicesNew CollaborationsCoordinated with pan-IRIS themes
Proposed EPO theme
“Bringing Seismology to a Wider Audience”Slide3
5.5 FTE (no reduction from FY13)Manage internships (student costs covered by REU award)Web pages and social mediaNew Educational materials
Teachable Moment slide sets
Online and in-person professional developmentHalf-time consultantAnimations and videosOngoing program costs Travel, materials, replacement parts and computers, etcIRIS/SSA Distinguished LectureshipSACNAS undergraduate student field tripActive Earth module development and disseminationLimited publicationsBooth at NSTA, GSA and AGU (all only 10 ft)Items included in base budgetSlide4
Salaries + Fringe
737,000
Overhead + G&A371,000Travel
55,000
Participant support
12,000
Materials
19,000Publications12,000Consultants42,000Other direct52,000Total$1,300,000
EPO FY14 Base Budget
13% reduction from FY12 Spending
PlanSlide5
USArray Short CourseTA outreach travelTA outreach
subaward
Educational seismographsEducational seismograph training workshopEducational Affiliate travel to IRIS bi-annual workshopFaculty summer salary for development of undergraduate curriculumEducational software development (university subaward)Printing of postersSignificantly trimmedAGU booth (reduced to minimum 10 ft size)
Cuts required to meet Base Budget – FY14-FY18Slide6
FY17 and FY18Half of remaining staff travelActive Earth module development
FY18
GSA boothNSTA boothHalf of remaining AGU booth Would require sharing with UNAVCO Additional cuts required for Base Budget FY17-18Slide7
Ongoing tasks that weren’t included in base budget or in pan-IRIS initiativesEPO Program level priorities
Priority
ItemCost
1
Educational sensors
13,000
2
TA outreach and teacher education57,0003USArray short course45,0004Large AGU booth13,000
Total
$128,000Slide8
Most new EPO proposal activities integrate with the pan-IRIS initiatives:Taming the InternetUndergraduate Engagement Through Research and Education
Documentation and Publication of Best Practices
Pan-IRIS initiativesSlide9
Modifying existing content and and creating new ways to access IRIS-wide information on all platforms
Key elements:
Device-independent access to content Mobile devices and apps Provided via social media, Wikipedia, etc, as well as IRIS web siteAccessing dataViewing and analysis softwareWeb Services GUIOn-line curriculum (undergraduate and grades 6-12)
Taming the Internet
FY14
FY15
FY16
FY17 FY18Notional 5 year budget (X $1000)5075110295
300Slide10
Involves close collaboration with DMSExamples:
Build educational wrappers for DMS data products
Classroom PPTs and instructor guides IRIS Earthquake BrowserAdd other educational features to DMS toolWeb servicesSeismicCanvas - Undergrad level waveform analysisjAmaseis – Simple event location and magnitude
New apps
Seedlink
jAmaseis
-
24 hour plots of global stationsTaming the InternetSlide11
Online curriculum and professional developmentTurn our collection of educational resources into a single, branded product for online learning
Tailored
to different levels (years 6-16)Create pathways between resourcesOrganizing materials into learning sequences New web applicationsNew video, animationsConsiderable NSF interest in online learningDevelop expertise for potential RFPsClosely tied to Undergraduate Engagement initiative
Taming the InternetSlide12
Strong emphasis on providing more resources for undergraduate faculty
Access to data and classroom materials
Reinvigorate Educational Affiliates membershipTwo Year Colleges are key targetTravel to IRIS workshopSabbatical in seismology travelTopical workshopsFaculty summer salary for curriculum developmentUndergraduate faculty workshopCollaboration with InTeGrate project5 year $10M national undergrad geoscience
education program
Undergraduate Engagement Through Research and Education
FY14
FY15
FY16 FY17 FY18Notional 5 year budget (X $1000)4075
80
90
140Slide13
Co-lead with IDS
Work with other programs to create operational and training materials
Collaborate with new online version of NMSOP?Outsource writing to technical writerDocumentation and Publication of Best Practices
FY14
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18Notional 5 year budget (X $1000)252550Slide14
Pan-IRIS Initiatives Summary – EPO Lead (X $1000)
FY14
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18
Taming the Internet
5075110295300
Mobile device content and apps
30
50
50
150
150
On-line curriculum
Web applications
50
50
Video, animations
10
15
15
20
20
Accessing data
Viewing and analysis software
10
10
20
25
30
Web Services GUI
25
50
50
Undergraduate Engagement
40
75
80
90
140
Faculty summer salary
15
15
15
15
30
Undergraduate faculty workshop
25
25
25
25
Reinvigorate Educational
Affiliates membership
Travel to IRIS workshop
25
30
35
Sabbatical in seismology travel
10
10
10
10
Topical workshop
25
40
40
Documenting
Best Practices
25
25
50
Annual Totals
90
150
215
410
490Slide15
SparesSlide16
Online curriculum and professional developmentLeverage IRIS involvement in InTeGrateMulti-institution national undergraduate
geoscience
education project led by SERC (5 years, $10 million) Continue curriculum development started under current Grand Challenges projectProvide summer salary for faculty to develop and improve resourcesProvide workshops for college facultyExpanded undergraduate focusSlide17
Reinvigorate Educational Affiliate membershipKey audiencesCommunity collegesHighly diverse and significant source of students for 4-year schools
4-year schools without a seismologist
Targeted workshopsTravel for sabbatical researchHighlight online resourcesExpanded undergraduate focusSlide18
MEMS sensors in every classroomArrays as well as single unitsCoordination of Quake Catcher and IRIS networksClassroom seismographs
IRIS software supports multiple educational seismographs
Expanded international collaborationIRIS software and web data base services are the standardEducational access to DMS archivejAmaseisSeismicCanvasSeed regional networks to support classroom teachersExpanding classroom seismologySlide19
NASAIRIS EPO is part of proposal for Mars seismograph mission (2016 launch)Data will be be provided to IRIS DMS
American Meteorological Society
Provide workshops at AMS meetingsCreate information packets that IRIS seismologists can provide to local meteorologistsNew collaborations