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Rock the Stage with Your Fellow Educators! Computer Science Teachers Association Annual Conference (CSTA) 2025 is your backstage pass to connect with the ultimate community of K-12 computer science teachers. Join us in Cleveland, where the city’s vibrant rock spirit sets the perfect stage for you to reconnect with your fellow educators. Whether you’re jamming ... Read more

NSF AISL Meetings » 2026 Awardee Meeting » Program » Concurrent Sessions Overview Program Stories for Impact Keynote NSF Priority Panel ISE Leaders Panel Concurrent Session Lightning Talk Peer to Peer Discussions Poster Session This page provides information about the 2026 AISL Awardee Meeting concurrent sessions. Concurrent sessions seek to showcase projects during a 30-60 ... Read more

Latiné communities in the United States represent a dynamic and diverse population reflecting varied backgrounds, experiences, and contributions. These contributions can form the foundation for a future STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce that is prepared to meet pressing local, societal, and global challenges. Quality STEM learning experiences, which fully recognize these contributions, can ... Read more

This online conference brings together researchers, facilitators, and project and community leaders for four exciting days of inspiration. The event highlights leading voices within the participatory sciences and facilitates dynamic discussions. With an online format, you’ll connect with a broad range of people and perspectives that won’t be convened anywhere else. This event offers time ... Read more

As a result of CAISE Media Convening, several of the participants joined together around the first action area to organize the successfully funded submission of a conference planning grant. The aim is to lay the groundwork for creating a professional organization and a series of annual gatherings that bring together the increasingly diverse array of ... Read more

On Tuesday, June 4th, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing on the proposed reorganization of STEM education put forth by the Obama Administration based on the recommendations from the Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) at the National Science and Technology Council. The proposed plan, available here, would ... Read more

  Are you planning to attend the 2016 Visitor Studies Association Conference?  Use the opportunity to connect with CAISE staff and co-PIs attending the conference to discuss proposals or projects you are developing.  To arrange a meeting, contact us at caise@informalscience.org. Concurrent Sessions CAISE staff and co-PIs will be presenting in the following sessions. Developing ... Read more

Please join the Institute for Learning Innovation for the Connected Audience Digital Dialogues! The Digital Dialogues (December 6-December 13) are a set of online asynchronous virtual conversations building on key themes that emerged from The Connected Audience Conference held in Vienna, September 14-16. Each day, participants will be greeted by a new set of moderators who ... Read more

Featuring tools and instruments from 10 connected learning studies and projects. Connected Learning Research Tools

The Connected Learning Summit will be held virtually July 27-29 2022.  More information on the event is here. CLS was first convened in 2018 with the mission to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing the power of emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning. It was launched as a merger ... Read more

This blog was written by Beth Murphy, field editor for Connected Science Learning (CSL). CSL is a joint initiative of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). Have you checked out Connected Science Learning? This open-access journal features peer-reviewed articles about effective programs and research that connect preK-12 STEM learning ... Read more

  The Latino population is one of the fastest growing in the U.S., but one of the most critical challenges facing educators is how to engage this audience in informal science education. Environment for the Americas (EFTA), in partnership with the National Park Service and Colorado State University, (DRL-0840233) is working to identify the barriers ... Read more

Connected expertise and collaboration of researchers and practitioners is an important dimension of many strong informal STEM education (ISE) projects. The following post contains a roundup of research and practice resources curated to inform the process of project and proposal development. Previously Funded Research Practice Partnerships The National Science Foundation has funded a number of ... Read more

The Diving Deeper, Looking Forward session topics at the 2014 AISL PI Meeting emerged from a pre-meeting survey of AISL-funded Principal Investigators; discussions with PIs and others who have participated in CAISE convenings over the past two years; and input from CAISE staff, co-PIs, and NSF Program Officers. These sessions were intended to catalyze discussions ... Read more

This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Broadly speaking, engagement is associated with motivation, persistence, achievement within and outside of science (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004; Wang & Eccles, 2010; Ainley & Ainley, 2011, Pekrun & Linnenbrink-Garcia, 2012; Stewart, ... Read more

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Bristol University Press are hosting an online launch for the book series Contemporary Issues in Science Communication. Join the series editor Clare Wilkinson and authors Tara Roberson and Elizabeth Rasekoala in a conversation about the first two books in the series: Queering Science Communication – Representations, Theory, and Practice – Edited by Lindy A. Orthia and Tara ... Read more

Introduction Terms and Access Accessibility in Practice Planning for Accssibility During the Visit Continuing to Innovate Additional Means of Increasing Accessibility While this blog post focuses on blind or visually impaired and deaf/hard of hearing visitors, many museum staff we spoke with shared other creative ways to improve accessibility for guests with different and/or additional ... Read more

Over the years, CAISE has brought together informal STEM education (ISE) practitioners, researchers, evaluators, funders, and other stakeholders to explore and discuss current learning approaches and trends in the ISE field. These convenings are part of CAISE’s effort to connect related work across field sectors and catalyze innovative ideas for future research and development. The ... Read more

  This webinar will explore strategies for gathering input and feedback from current and potential stakeholders as well as explore how partnerships can be developed to attract new audiences. Participants will hear how the Southold Historical Museum used a survey to gather stakeholder input and thought strategically about the strategies, time, and effort needed to ... Read more

The Convocation on the Status of Informal Science and Engineering Education is a 2-day event that will bring together the research, practice, policy, and philanthropic communities to take stock of the progress made in the field over the past 15 years since the release of the National Academies Learning Science in Informal Environments (2009) report. ... Read more

Cool Science aims to engage students, teachers, parents, and the general public from Massachusetts, Kansas, and Missouri with the science of extreme weather through a statewide K-12 student art competition designed to foster learning about climate science. Students (and their teachers) are encouraged to develop a visual work of art that addresses one of three ... Read more

Cool Science is an innovative approach to bridging the worlds of informal and formal science education. Cool Science hosts a climate change art competition for K-12 students throughout the state of Massachusetts. Using the visual arts as a medium, Cool Science engages teachers, parents, and students in climate change science. Then, by displaying the winning ... Read more

Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) involve close work bridging academic and practice-based interests to grapple with pressing needs, grand challenges, and unanswered questions. There are many benefits to a research–practice partnership, as these collaborations have the potential to improve the research itself and have long-lasting impacts on practice. Recently, William T. Grant Foundation put forward a framework for evaluating research–practice ... Read more