— the Electromagnetic Education Initiative —
EEI PHASES: 1. EM website > 2. EM literacy > 3. EM studies > 4. EM institute
DETAILS— About EEI — EEI Overview — EEI Participants — EEI Open-Grant
(visit the electromagnetic internetwork website)
| The Electromagnetic Studies Institute would become a localized offline component of the global Electromagnetic Education Initiative. Its main goal would be to provide services for those working on Electromagnetic Literacy and Studies in traditional educational environments, while linking these together offline in interdisciplinary meetings, seminars, and open-content educational materials which could be adapted for local needs. The 'institute' will need to adapt to changed circumstances, such as new knowledge, such as the relationship between gravity and electromagnetic forces, and also new cosmologies and technologies. Therefore, it would act more as a 'center for the research and study of electromagnetic knowledge' for scholars, educators, and the community at large.
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The Institute would have several programmatic modules in which to further the interdisciplinary research, development, and application of electromagnetic knowledge in the everyday environment:
The Electromagnetic Building: An existing building would be chosen for re-use and 'architexturalized' with electromagnetic aesthetics to demonstrate in built form concepts that are (or remain to be) dealt with in many different disciplines. The overall role of the building is to provide a place for various and changing aspects of electromagnetic explorations, and thus would be a malleable environment conducive to change and transformation for various purposes, including community gatherings, exhibits, seminars, research, and other functions. Archive & Library Area: The goal of the archive is to save the electromagnetic resources that are now considered 'valueless' as knowledge, such as the first books on computers, on television, etc., along with particular electromagnetic artifacts that may not be kept in other collections, along with outreach in the form of creating archives of elders and others using digital audio and video to record memories of early electrical engineers, switchboard operators, general citizens, who are a great and untapped repository of the epic experience of living through the electrification of their societies. Students, teachers, and researchers could work together in local communities to help establish the public archive. Exhibit & Gallery Area: Select electromagnetic artifacts would be displayed and rotated from the archives, along with electromagnetic artworks from the community. Educational discussions and gatherings could be held here, along with media events, such as film screenings, small seminars, and experimental works. Research & Development Area: Open research materials will be developed and community representatives will be involved in helping create templates for teaching and learning about electromagnetism from an inclusive science and humanities-based perspective, exploring ideas applicable for preschool children to grade school, highschool, graduate, post-graduate, and life-long learning. Donated new and used digital tools (audio, video, photo, meters, etc) will be loaned out for teaching, and individual and group R&D projects. Community service, especially in the form of documenting the local electromagnetic culture, will be a high-priority, and all educational materials, including electronic books, videos, and cd's and dvd's will be available at-cost offline or for free online for educational purposes. This further development of this open electromagnetic content will be encouraged so as to address local needs and learn from various experiences, which will hopefully include translation and adaptation of materials and ideas with respect to local cultures and unique resources. Emphasis will be twofold, with a focus on creating a foundation for Electromagnetic Literacy for people of many backgrounds and interests, and also with new interdisciplinary knowledge through empirical explorations in Electromagnetic Studies. This research will happen both online and offline, and will seek to function similarly to other 'new specialist' programs in the University setting, whereby 'electromagnetic studies' will seek to help those with a scholarly interest in it, as with present-day programs in women's studies, ethnic studies, cultural studies, media studies, and internet studies, among others. The previous Phases of the EEI proposal are necessary to create a critical mass, and thus a critical need for a physical building for electromagnetic internetworking. With the successful development of Phases 1, 2, and 3, the design of collaborative electromagnetic learning environments in traditional curricula, institutions, and communities can be further pursued in a more formal and structural manner. |