HR: 16:30h
AN: ED24A-03 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Broader Impacts Toolbox Workshop: Helping Researchers Effectively Meet the National Science Foundation Broader Impacts Criterion
AU: * Leslie-Pelecky, D
EM: diandra2@unl.edu
AF: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111 United States
AU: Hehn, J G
EM: jhehn@aip.org
AF: American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3843 United States
AB: Community attitudes and outcomes regarding NSF'{s} broader impacts criterion could be improved significantly by emphasizing the motivation for implementing this requirement and the potential benefits to the research community, and achieving more consistent application of the criterion by improving proposer, reviewer and program officer understanding of the criterion. An organized and easily accessible '{}Toolbox'{} for broader impacts activities would help researchers develop and evaluate effective activities by building on the existing knowledge base. Institution-centered (disciplinary societies, colleges and universities, research centers, etc.) infrastructure can be an outstanding resource for assisting researchers in fulfilling the broader impacts criterion. These organizations leverage existing programs and experience, and have an important role as bridges between researchers and the results of discipline-based education research. The professionals directing these organizations are valuable resources and should be encouraged to build networks to share information and ideas. These statements represent outcomes of a workshop held in May 2005 supported by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of NSF/MPS. Action items developed from this workshop will be presented to stimulate questions and discussion.
UR: http://physics.unl.edu/~diandra/DLP_Group_Website/BIT/BIT.php
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 6620 Science policy (0485)
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005