Education

...the most far-reaching effect may be a significant shift in public attitudes toward the oceans and the scientific process.

 "A Fiber-Optic Telescope to the Deep Sea," Spring 2010 article on the OOI RSN in The Earth Scientist magazine.

TES OOIRSN article Spring 2010

The Ocean Observatories Initiative Regional Scale Nodes observatory will have profound ramifications for the manner in which scientists, engineers, and educators conduct their professional activities.

However, the most far-reaching effect may be a significant shift in public attitudes toward the oceans and the scientific process. The real-time data and high-speed communications inherent in cabled observing systems within the oceans will open entirely new avenues for the public to interact with the natural world and experience sea-going research as it is happening.

In 2011 the Ocean Observatories Initiative will add an Education and Public Engagement (EPE) team that will take advantage of the cutting-edge technology and combined science and education vision of the OOI. The EPE presentation made in November 2009 at the OOI Science Community meeting may be downloaded from this webpage.