A Need for Dedicated Outreach Expertise and Online Programming: Astro2020 Science White Paper
Amanda E Bauer, Britt Lundgren, William O’Mullane, Lauren Corlies, Megan E Schwamb, Brian Nord, Dara J Norman
(Submitted on 30 Oct 2019)
Maximizing the public impact of astronomy projects in the next decade requires NSF-funded centers to support the development of online, mobile-friendly outreach and education activities. EPO teams with astronomy, education, and web development expertise should be in place to build accessible programs at scale and support astronomers doing outreach.
Comments: 9 pages, Astro2020 Science White Paper. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1905.05116
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1910.14088 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:1910.14088v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
Submission history
From: Amanda Bauer
[v1] Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:09:26 UTC (118 KB)