Igrav: Engaging People Throughout The World In Exploring The Exciting Field Of Gravitation
TalkInternational collaborations with an educational component
3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021
UTC: 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. America/New_York: 9:30 a.m.- 9:40 a.m.
Thursday Oct. 14, 2021
UTC: 7:30 p.m. - 7:40 p.m. America/New_York: 3:30 p.m.- 3:40 p.m.
Magdalena Kersting (University of Oslo)
The mission of IGrav (the International Gravity Outreach Group) is to engage people throughout the world in exploring the exciting field of gravitation, and in particular gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics. IGrav will accomplish this mission through the creation, sharing, and dissemination of a variety of educational and outreach resources.
In this talk, we will discuss how we can create opportunities and promote knowledge transfer across international collaborations, and how we can find the most effective ways of working together within the astronomy & astronomy education community. One particular focus will lie on creating a platform to determine best practices and promote education and evaluation efforts in astronomy education.
About Magdalena Kersting
Magdalena Kersting is a physics and science education researcher at the University of Oslo.
In her research, Magdalena studies how learners experience abstract knowledge in digital and virtual learning environments in formal and informal learning contexts.
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