Advisors
To ensure the SMILE pathway is thoughtfully designed and implemented to meet the needs of the informal learning community, SMILE includes key advisors to provide expertise in the areas of digital collections management, informal learning, out-of-school activities, and equity and diversity. The advisory board help project staff to 1) decide on the types of resources to include in the SMILE pathway, 2) establish a standard metadata profile for digital assets among the informal learning community, 3) plan for the user interface tools of the SMILE pathway, and 4) identify and review informal learning institutions that will help expand the SMILE pathway.
Professor Alice M. Agogino, Principal Investigator of the K-Gray Engineering Pathway, PI for the NEEDS (www.needs.org) and the (www.smete.org) digital libraries, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Larry Bell , Senior Vice President, Research, Development & Production, Boston Museum of Science (MOS), Project Director of the Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network, and the Associate Director of the National Center for Technological Literacy.
Trudy Dunham, Project Director of CYFERnet, Center for 4-H Youth Development, Applied Technologies for Youth Development, University of Minnesota.
Dr. Richard Hudson, Director of Science Production, Senior Executive Producer, DragonFlyTV and Twin Cities Public Television.
Dr. Marilyn Johnson, Director of Research and Development, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Her favorite projects have included Latinas en Ciencia--a gender equity project, STARS (Science Technology and Rural Students)--a collaboration with rural libraries and communities, development of public laboratories (like OMSI's walk-in wet chemistry lab), and curriculum development, including a place-based program called Expedition Northwest.
Dr. Kimberly Lightle is a science educator at The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Teaching and Learning. She is the PI on two current NSF-funded projects Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Integrating Literacy and Science in K-5 Classrooms, a free online magazine and the Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways, a social network for math and science teachers.
Karen A. Peterson, Principal Investigator of the National Girls Collaborative Project, Executive Director of the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, and Director of the Diversity in Technology Group.
Susan Van Gundy, Education and Strategic Partnerships for the National Science Digital Library and Director of Education and Outreach NSDL. Before joining NSDL, Susan has created professional development, outreach, and education programs at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Professor Bruce Mason, Project Director of the ComPADRE Pathway. He is also a faculty member of the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma.
Sarita Nair-Pillai, Project Director of the Gender, Diversities & Technology Institute, Co-PD of NSF ITEST Learning Resource Center, Education Development Center, Inc.
Dr. William S. Spitzer, Vice President, Programs, Exhibits, and Planning at the New England Aquarium; PI of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE).
Michael Wright is the Chief Technical Officer and e-Science Strategist for Digital Learning Sciences. He examines how emerging technologies can enhance the delivery of digital learning services and develops strategies to integrate e-learning and e-Science services with emerging national infrastructures such as the National Science Digital Library and the Geoinformatics Network.