ISOTOPE: Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement. Final Report of the NESTA-funded ISOTOPE Project

Holliman, Richard; Collins, Trevor; Jensen, Eric and Taylor, Peter (2009). ISOTOPE: Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement. Final Report of the NESTA-funded ISOTOPE Project. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Abstract

This is the final report for the NESTA-funded phase of the ISOTOPE project, which ran from January 2007 to July 2009. In this report the authors document: the wider context within which the project was conducted, alongside an overview of some of the core research findings (Section 1); the aims of the project (Section 2); the management of the project, noting how the key project milestones were achieved, including some of the problems encountered and lessons learned (Section 3); the various outputs from the project, including a description of the website and research papers (Section 4); the evaluation of the project deliverables, noting how the findings informed further website development (Section 5); the impacts of the project (Section 6); and, finally, a brief overview of the future plans for ISOTOPE (Section 7).

Item Type:	Other
Copyright Holders:	2009 The Open University
Funders:	National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
Keywords:	science outreach; public engagement; action research; participatory design; website;
Academic Unit/Department:	Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems Knowledge Media Institute ?? scie-dche ?? Science > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Related URLs:	http://isotope.open.ac.uk(Other)
Item ID:	20090
Depositing User:	Richard Holliman
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2010 15:31
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2012 04:13
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/20090

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