Designing our Tomorrow Personal-Professional Development Modules Summative Evaluation Report

July 8th, 2024 | EVALUATION

As part of the project, Designing our Tomorrow—Mobilizing the Next Generation of Engineers (DOT), OMSI developed a set of professional development (PD) training modules as a resource for educators in informal science education (ISE). The intended impacts for the evidence-based PD included:

1. Educators will gain confidence using elements of storytelling as a facilitation tool.</li>
2. Educators will gain an understanding of engineering practices used at exhibits.</li>
3. Educators will gain skills helping visitors connect or strengthen the connection between engineering practices used at exhibits to the usefulness and relevance of engineering in their lives and their communities.

Document

Final-Summative-Evaluation-Report-DOT-PD-3.pdf

Team Members

Smirla Ramos-Montañez, Author, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Maria Zybina, Author, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1811617

Related URLs

Designing Our Tomorrow: Mobilizing the Next Generation of Engineers

Tags

Audience: Adults | Educators | Teachers | Evaluators | General Public | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Engineering | General STEM
Resource Type: Evaluation | Evaluation Reports | Research and Evaluation Instruments | Summative
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Informal | Formal Connections | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops