Publications and downloads

Papers, posters, reports and guides from and about the Worldviews Network. Program kits, storyboards and installers are on each program page.

Publications

• Bioregional Community Dialogue: The Worldviews Network Toolkit for Educators (PDF, 10 pages, 1.0 MB)
  Jessica Sickler and Donnelley Hayde. Journal of Museum Education 41(1), 2016, pp. 66–74. DOI 10.1080/10598650.2015.1126060.
• The Worldviews Network: Digital Earth for Ecological and Resilience Education (PDF, 6 pages, 0.1 MB)
  K C Yu, R Connolly, N Gardiner, H Hamilton, K Koontz, D McConville, J Sickler and R Wyatt. Open access proceedings, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2013.
• Digital Planetariums for Engaging Public Audiences in Global Change Issues (PDF slides, 34 pages, 2.2 MB)
  Ka Chun Yu, Rachel Connolly, Ned Gardiner, Healy Hamilton, Kathi Koontz, David McConville, Jessica Sickler and Ryan Wyatt. Geological Society of America annual meeting, session T115, Climate Literacy, 2013.
• The Worldviews Network: Planetariums for Ecological Literacy (PDF, 3 pages, 0.4 MB)
  Dimensions, the bimonthly magazine of the Association of Science-Technology Centers, May/June 2012. Reposted with permission.

Posters

• Initial Evaluation Results from Bioregional Community Dialogues (PDF, one page, 2.1 MB)
  CCEP poster, 2012.
• Ecological Literacy Programming for Digital Planetariums and Beyond (PDF, one page, 1.4 MB)
  Poster, 2011. Ka Chun Yu, Healy Hamilton, Rachel Connolly, David McConville, Ned Gardiner and colleagues.

Evaluation reports

• Bringing the Planetarium to Earth: Summative Evaluation of the Worldviews Network Project, final report (PDF, 107 pages, 1.2 MB)
  Jessica Sickler and Donnelley Hayde, Lifelong Learning Group at COSI, July 31, 2014. Prepared for WGBH NOVA Education and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
• Summative evaluation, executive summary (PDF, 5 pages, 0.3 MB)
  The same authors, July 31, 2014. The Evaluation page summarizes the findings.

Guides and toolkits

• Worldviews Network Program Guide and Event-Planning Toolkit (Word document, 0.5 MB)
  What the Worldviews Network is, the production process step by step, site assessment, tips for facilitators, and how to design a Worldviews Café. The Process page outlines the steps.
• How to Create a Uniview File Installer (PDF, 6 pages, 1.1 MB)
  Ka Chun Yu, version 1.0, March 7, 2012. How the program installers on the program pages were built.