Book contents
- Broader Impacts of Science on Society
- Reviews
- Broader Impacts of Science on Society
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations, Definitions, and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction: Science, STEM, and Society
- 2 NSF and Broader Impacts
- 3 Innovation, Opportunity, and Integration
- 4 Communication and Dissemination
- 5 Promoting Yourself and Optimizing Impact
- 6 Collaboration, Authorship, and Networks
- 7 Strategic versus Curiosity Science
- 8 Know Your Audience
- 9 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- 10 Mentoring and Role Models
- 11 Formal K–12 Education and Partners
- 12 Higher Education
- 13 Informal STEM Learning in Museums and Beyond
- 14 Public Participation and Community (Citizen) Science
- 15 Computers and Cyberimpacts
- 16 Developing a Broader Impacts Plan
- 17 Project Management and Sustainability
- 18 Were You Successful? Evaluation and Metrics
- 19 Wrap-Up, the Future, and Broader Impacts 3.0
- References
- Index
15 - Computers and Cyberimpacts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2019
- Broader Impacts of Science on Society
- Reviews
- Broader Impacts of Science on Society
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations, Definitions, and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction: Science, STEM, and Society
- 2 NSF and Broader Impacts
- 3 Innovation, Opportunity, and Integration
- 4 Communication and Dissemination
- 5 Promoting Yourself and Optimizing Impact
- 6 Collaboration, Authorship, and Networks
- 7 Strategic versus Curiosity Science
- 8 Know Your Audience
- 9 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- 10 Mentoring and Role Models
- 11 Formal K–12 Education and Partners
- 12 Higher Education
- 13 Informal STEM Learning in Museums and Beyond
- 14 Public Participation and Community (Citizen) Science
- 15 Computers and Cyberimpacts
- 16 Developing a Broader Impacts Plan
- 17 Project Management and Sustainability
- 18 Were You Successful? Evaluation and Metrics
- 19 Wrap-Up, the Future, and Broader Impacts 3.0
- References
- Index
Summary
Twenty years ago when we used the prefix “cyber” in Fossil Horses in Cyberspace (see the opening anecdote), it was an innovative use of the term. Today it is ubiquitous in our culture. Over the past several decades we have entered the computer era and this technology has revolutionized our lives. Of relevance here, it also has revolutionized the ways in which we can do Broader Impacts to reach out for societal impact. Many of the activities described in this book have been affected, or enabled, by computer technology.
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Broader Impacts merit review criterion was officially introduced in 1997 (Rothenberg, 2010). This coincided with the beginning of the widespread use of the internet by scientists. At that time many of us considered that an appropriate use of this new technology was to create a website about our research.
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- Broader Impacts of Science on Society , pp. 194 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019