E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Community InSAR Workshop Education and Outreach Breakout Group October 20 – 22, 2004

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 E&O, Higher Ed6 Gov’t / Industry1 Consultants1 Science Centers2 K-12 education2 Education & Outreach Breakout Group

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Match Science Goals, Data and Product Availability with a Related (and feasible) Education and Outreach Plan Assemble an E&O working group with broad audience representation and participation –Achieve broad non-science community involvement –Provide education and resources to both internal and external science communities –Organize InSAR E&O outside context of specific missions The E&O Planning Challenges

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Audiences Planning Goals / Process Questions Recommendations Breakout Summary

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Audiences

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Students and Educators –K-12: Elementary, Middle and High School students, their parents, and educators –Undergraduate / 2-year (Community) College students and educators –Undergraduate / 4-year College students and educators –Graduate students and educators Audiences Formal Education

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Audiences Knowledge Transfer / Data Output Scientific Research community, including –InSAR community –non-InSAR community –Social scientists –Science educators

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Audiences Knowledge Transfer / Data Output: Research for partnerships and Development for Output Industry –IT / Data management –Aerospace –Hazard assessment –Mapping –Financial - Insurance - Real Estate –Others

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Government –Congressional aides and staff –Federal Government agencies –State / Local agencies with E&O personnel Forest Service / Rangers State Parks –Public Policy-makers –Decision-makers at Federal, State, and Local levels Audiences Knowledge Transfer / Data Output: Research for partnerships and Development for Output

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 General public –Lifelong learners –Media reporters (print, electronic, radio) –Writers –Filmmakers –Education Professionals (PD) –Museum and Art Gallery Curators and Educators –Science Center Educators Audiences Informal Education / Outreach

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Planning Goals / Process

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 –Rationale for a non-mission-based InSAR E&O Plan: Create Awareness Understanding Friends Funds E&O Planning Goals / Process

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Awareness –“Why InSAR?” Need concrete examples linked to hooks such as “…single most valuable tool that Earth scientists can provide to world geological hazard mitigation.” –Provide examples of products for the public sector according to audience types –Create products to publicize importance of InSAR (reports, brochures, news articles, TV/film/video production) –Answer: What can InSAR provide that other technologies can’t? What was life like before InSAR? How will life improve with InSAR? Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Understanding Inspire the next generation of scientists Stimulate national science literacy and learning Advance public understanding of benefits of InSAR technology and uses Promote understanding of long term benefits of InSAR –i.e., space exploration / including Earth and beyond Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Friends Recruit potential collaborators in all sectors –Increase potential use of research / data output –Partnerships lead to increased awareness, understanding and provide additional resources Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Funds –For planning workshops, plans and proposal(s) development –As result of partnerships / collaborations Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 What works –Seamless integration of InSAR rsearch community –2-way communication w/ audiences –Consensus on strategic plan with vision, mission statement, objectives, goals, tasks –Meet regularly to maintain communication and increase mutual trust –Evaluate progress (formative, summative) –Maintain flexibility and willingness to readily adapt to change are key elements in the process Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 What doesn’t work –Research community working in isolation –Assuming we know what our audiences need –Creating plans without audience participation –Reinventing the wheel Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Successful Planning Models –SCEC, EarthScope, LIGO have incorporated consensus building processes in which each audience communicates challenges / needs in the context of proposed research A series of structured, focus-group-style workshops Time consuming but worthwhile Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Models –SCEC: ~80 people, ~4000 hours Result: Strategies that carried SCEC forward beyond original 11-year STC cycle –EarthScope: ~50 people, ~3600 hours Result: National Level / Model E&O Program with global impact –LIGO: ~40 people per observatory, ~2000 hours each site Result: $5M / 5 year award for LIGO Science Education Center Process Goals

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Questions

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Questions What are the truly important, challenging and exciting questions related to InSAR E&O? Why should our tax-paying audiences care about / pay for SAR/InSAR-based research? How does InSAR-related E&O / access to data output benefit –the global scientific community? –each target audience? –society as a whole?

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Questions What specific activities are best for each audience? [in focus groups, ask both scientists and audiences] –What are their challenges and needs? –How can our research agendas help overcome those challenges and meet those needs? –What communication and dissemination methods should be used? –What societal role should we jointly pursue?

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations E&O planning process should include scientists and representatives from target audiences –Integrate the E&O planning with scientific planning process Concurrent with science / mission planning –Conduct workshops co-located with scientific conferences, in order to include scientists InSAR scientists should teach other scientists, educators, industry reps and E&O professionals about InSAR science and uses of InSAR data

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations Create an E&O working group as part of the InSAR community that will be maintained throughout planning & execution process Appoint a chair of the working group who would take responsibility for the success of the planning process Working group should focus on the why and the how but not the what

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations Working group should develop a planning grant request to support focus groups / workshops First workshops scheduled as training opportunities for working group members –Cover InSAR “basics”: e.g., “how” to use the data. Conduct these for: Education community Scientific community Industry

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations Subsequent workshops incorporate focus groups’ output

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations A strategic plan / proposed budget / timeline should be created by the Working Group Use all focus groups’ output Submit Plan to InSAR Community and potential funding sources.

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Recommendations The Plan should –Include mission-related merit review in terms of product development and output –Recommend creation of web-based databases on all activities related to InSAR output –Suggest ways to provide broad access to consistent, high level data products for multiple uses (e.g., interoperability, standards in science and industry) –Incorporate protocols/parameters required to develop a standard for data usage –Incorporate existing industry uses of the technology and data

E&O Breakout GroupOctober 20–22, 2004 Summary Session Day 3: Identifying and Prioritizing Acquisition Strategies/Needs – Report Outline Use of existing systems and archives to meet science needs –Negotiated data sharing arrangements for existing and future data sets –International cooperative experiments using existing and planned sensors (e.g., Antarctic missions) –Role of commercial SAR data providers New satellite systems to advance frontier –Major science goals –Capabilities and technologies required Recommendations for the US SAR program –Scope –Priorities