The overall goal of Interactions in Understanding The Universe is to support and strengthen the E&O activities of Grid-based scientific experiments that utilize federated resources at U.S. labs and universities. This year a group of scientists, computer scientists and educators are committed to building a rich portfolio of coherent, online collaborative labs and to planning an Education Virtual Organization to support participants and developers long-term across projects.
I2U2 will develop and maintain a portfolio of laboratories for a diverse range of audiences and will provide tools and support services to assist developers in creating these educational resources. These laboratories break new ground by using the Grid for education in the same way that science uses the Grid.
The labs will take two similar but distinct shapes. e-Labs, delivered as Web-based portals accessible in the classroom and at home, will be implemented with the ever-expanding capabilities of Web-based media. i-Labs, delivered as interactive interfaces typically located within science museums and similar public venues, will leverage the latest advances in display technology and human-computer interaction, and will bring the experiences and appreciation of scientific investigation and inquiry to the wide audience of informal education.
Initial partners: The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Fermilab & QuarkNet, the ATLAS, CMS and MARIACHI experiments, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), the University of Chicago and the University of Houston.
Links:
All-Hands Meeting 12/12/05
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TALKS The Vision e- & i-Labs Data Analysis in I2U2 Getting Started with e- & i-Labs |
Cosmic Ray e-Lab LIGO Goals, Plans, Ideas of e-Labs & i-Labs Educational Outreach at Houston |
Workflow for Making an e-Lab . . . or i-Lab
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Handout: (PDF file with more detail)
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