Katherine Alfredo and Ellison Carter
University of Texas PhD candidates
Alfredo and Carter from the University of Texas at Austin partnered with Susan Buckey, the Senior Outreach Project Director with public media outlet WGBH of Boston and Design Squad Nation, to discuss the design of activities that promote hands-on learning.
In particular, Alfredo, Carter, and Buckey highlighted activities that did not work well and how these activities were changed to become more effective. The goal of the session was two-fold:
Nearly 60 individuals, many of whom shared their own outreach experiences during the discussion, attended the session. Future sessions of this kind could build on the format and content presented this year and incorporate audience surveys and breakout discussion groups to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge in the audience.
In particular, Alfredo, Carter, and Buckey highlighted activities that did not work well and how these activities were changed to become more effective. The goal of the session was two-fold:
- To instill confidence in the session participants to create, from scratch, activities directly related to their own work/research
- To give several examples of how to modify an already existing activity to suit specific outreach needs
Nearly 60 individuals, many of whom shared their own outreach experiences during the discussion, attended the session. Future sessions of this kind could build on the format and content presented this year and incorporate audience surveys and breakout discussion groups to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge in the audience.
