{"id":1884,"date":"2012-04-11T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2012-04-11T09:36:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T16:36:36","slug":"free-choice-learning-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2012\/04\/11\/free-choice-learning-on-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"Free choice learning on tap in Newport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2012\/04\/shawn-bill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1885\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2012\/04\/shawn-bill.jpg\" alt=\"Shawn Rowe \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2012\/04\/shawn-bill.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2012\/04\/shawn-bill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2012\/04\/shawn-bill-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>NEWPORT &#8211;\u00a0 Dr. Shawn Rowe, Oregon Sea Grant&#8217;s marine education learning specialist, is the scientist on tap at Rogue Ales&#8217; Brewer&#8217;s on the Bay this Friday evening, talking about how people learn science outside the conventional classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The event, part of the Science on Tap series sponsored by the brewpub and OSU&#8217;s Hatfield Marine Science Center, is free and family-friendly. Doors open at 5:30 pm; food and beverages are available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe heads the Free-Choice Learning Lab at the HMSC Visitor Center, where he is working under a $2.6 million National Science Foundation grant to create\u00a0 a<a href=\"http:\/\/seagrant.oregonstate.edu\/education\/free-choice-learning\"> state-of-the-art laboratory<\/a> to study how people learn about science in aquariums, museums and other venues. The grant is the largest single research award to Oregon Sea Grant in its 40-year history and among the largest ever made to a Sea Grant program nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shawn Rowe&#8217;s team is exploring the use of networked computers, face-recognition , real-time evaluation tools and other emerging technologies to get a deeper understanding of\u00a0 what and how visitors learn in places like the HMSC.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Rowe will be Nancy Steinberg, a biologist and longtime public outreach specialist who is currently involved in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ybooi.org\">Yaquina Bay Ocean Observing Initiative<\/a>, an effort to make Newport a hub for ocean observing science in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWPORT &#8211;\u00a0 Dr. Shawn Rowe, Oregon Sea Grant&#8217;s marine education learning specialist, is the scientist on tap at Rogue Ales&#8217; Brewer&#8217;s on the Bay this Friday evening, talking about how people learn science outside the conventional classroom. 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