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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites...

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Resources

Report
Cover of 2016 Ecsite Conference evaluation report
Spokes resource
Evaluation report of 2016 Ecsite Annual Conference
October 2016 - Participants qualitative feedback described the 27th edition as particularly cooperative and open. Read more.
Practical guide or toolkit
Copyright ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
Spokes resource
Hook-up with Rosetta kit updated
October 2016 - The exciting Rosetta mission gave many science centres and museums the opportunity to get involved in synchronized international events, to show live science, and to feel the excitement and tension of live operations! In 2016 the Ecsite Space Group prepared an update with the latest achievements of the mission and provided ready to use tools such as general scripts for each event with suggestions of activities.
Keywords:
#space group, #rosetta, #ESA
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Spokes resource
Seeing Nano novel visualisation tools: mobile apps
September 2016 - You can now download the mobile apps that have been produced as part of the SeeingNano project. Test the revolutionary app that helps you explore every day objects at the nanoscale using augmented reality. You can also play an online version of the memory game! The apps are available in Czech, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish.
Book or article
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Ideas for your session at #Ecsite2017
September 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #22, September 2016
Experienced Ecsite conference “regulars” share their ideas for original session formats | Estimated reading time: 10 minutes (1-3 min per interview)
Keywords:
#Ecsite2017, Ecsite annual conference, session proposals, session format, Spokes
Book or article
Training of researchers at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci
The researcher as communicator: A competitor or an ally?
September 2016 - Feature article by Sara Calcagnini - Maria Xanthoudaki published in Spokes #22, September 2016
Reflections from two museum professionals training researchers in public engagement | Estimated reading time: 16 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
researchers, scientists, science engagement, facilitation, training, #scicomm, Spokes
Report
Spokes resource
Minutes Annual General Meeting 2016
September 2016 - In 2016, the Ecsite Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 10 June, in Graz, Austria.
Category:
Ecsite corporate documents
Keywords:
#AGM, #2016, #Ecsite2016
Book or article
Brexit - pause and reflect
August 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #21, August 2016
The questions we need to ask ourselves as researchers, education and public engagement professionals | Estimated reading time: 20 minutes (3-5 min per interview)
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
brexit, citizenship, democracy, populism, experts, politics, Spokes
Book or article
Designing exhibitions, a co-creation process between client, designer and visitor - by Expology, Göran Joryd
Finding Common Ground between Designers and Museum Practitioners
August 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #21, August 2016
The questions you need to ask beforehand for good working relationships afterwards | Estimated reading time: 9 minutes (3 min per interview)
Keywords:
design, designers, evaluation, visitor research, testing, collaboration, REV Group, Spokes
Practical guide or toolkit
Exhibit Designs for Girls’ Engagement - A Guide to the EDGE Design Attributes
Spokes resource
Exhibit Designs for Girls’ Engagement
July 2016 - The most important design attributes for engaging girls at STEM exhibits, as tried and tested by the Exploratorium, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Arizona Science Center.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
exhibition design, gender, girls, Exploratorium, edge
Book or article
Science Museum Group Journal
Spokes resource
Science Museum Group Journal
June 2016 - This journal defines itself as “a new voice in discussions worldwide about science, its history, material culture, communication and presentation in museums”, inviting readers to join the conversation.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
culture, communication, science, knowledge, history, science museum
Book or article
Spokes resource
Contextualizing Visitor Participation: Science Centers as a Platform for Scientific Citizenship
June 2016 - This PhD thesis by Andrea Bandelli (2016) examines what happens when the public participates in a science center, how institutions manage participation and how visitor participation is related to scientific citizenship.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
Participation, co-creation, co-development, dialogue, citizenship, policy, trends, Bandelli
Book or article
Spokes resource
Public Understanding of Science
June 2016 - Public Understanding of Science is a fully peer reviewed, quarterly international journal covering all aspects of the inter-relationships between science (including technology and medicine) and the public. Visit the journal's home page
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
journal, public understanding of scienc, science communication, media, journalism, technology

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