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RELEASE: 02-026
NASA LIVE Gets in Sync with Educational Community
Complimenting its suite of award-winning instructional and
educational programs, the NASA Langley Research Center’s
Office of Education has launched its newest distance learning
program – NASA LIVE: Learning through Interactive
Videoconferencing Experiences.
NASA LIVE (http://live.larc.nasa.gov)
is a series of free, two-way videoconferencing programs designed to
communicate NASA knowledge to pre-college, university, and adult
learners, via interactive, virtual discussions with NASA
researchers. Using the real time exchange of voice, video, and
data, each 60-minute NASA LIVE videoconference features a 45-minute
presentation and a 15-minute Q & A session.
In its first season, NASA Langley researchers, many of whom are
professional members of the Hampton Roads section of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), will communicate
NASA Langley knowledge to educators, students, faculty, AIAA
student chapters, professional organizations, and life-long
learners worldwide.
NASA LIVE offers an inexpensive way to communicate and explain
to engineers, mathematicians, and scientists in the university
community about NASA and what NASA is doing, explained Dr. Thomas
E. Pinelli, NASA Langley’s Distance Learning Officer. "We
wanted a mechanism that would increase Langley and university
collaboration and allow students and faculty to learn about
research, educational and professional opportunities," said
Pinelli.
By making full use of an interactive, electronic learning
environment, NASA Langley researchers and the university community
can learn from each other. "NASA LIVE provides both students and
educators a virtual, real-time environment where students can
receive instant feedback to their questions from NASA Langley
experts." says Katrina Townes, NASA LIVE program manager. "This is
something that a textbook cannot offer."
NASA LIVE is available upon request. Interested parties can
schedule a videoconference via the online registration form at
http://live.larc.nasa.gov. For more information on NASA LIVE,
contact Katrina Townes, program manager, at 757-864-3868 or at
k.l.townes@larc.nasa.gov and visit http://dlcenter.larc.nasa.gov to
find out more about other NASA Langley’s distance learning
programs.
Partial listing of 2001-2002 Topics for Pre-college and
university level students, and lifelong learners:
Speaker: Michael J. Logan
Topic: Small Air Vehicles: What’s the Big Deal?
Speaker: Wendy Pennington
Topic: Flight Research: From Imagination to Realization
Speaker: Kenneth Wright
Topic: The Development of Virtual Facilities at NASA Langley
Research Center
Speakers: Shelley Ferleman, Dave Reubush, Chuck Leonard, John
Martin, and Jeff Robinson
Topic: An Overview of the Hyper-X Program
Speaker: John B. Anders
Topic: Biometitic Flight: Learning from Nature
Speaker: Linda Bangert
Topic: Overview of Quiet Aircraft Technology
Speaker: Dr. Bobby Braun
Topic: Planetary Exploration: Mars or Bust
Speaker: Rob Rivers
Topic: The Art and Science of Digital System Verification
Speaker: Tahani Amer
Topic: Thermal Measurement: Testing New Ground
Speaker: Dr. Paul Stackhouse
Topic: Surface Radiation
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