Making the Universe Accessible to Students with Robotics

Rachel Freed, Santa Barbara Education and Outreach Coordinator at Las Cumbres Observatory, and Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht, Deputy Director of Education and Public Engagement at AUI, discuss how robotic telescopes are changing science education by allowing students to learn through real-world research.

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Las Cumbres Observatory Global Sky Partners

Skynet Robotic Telescope Network

Journal Article: Self-efficacy changes and gender effects on self-efficacy in a large-scale robotic telescope focused curriculum

Journal Article: Astronomy Research Seminar Expansion and Building a Community-of-Practice

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Please note: "Our Place in Space" is an interactive, undergraduate-level astronomy curriculum developed with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation and AUI. Student research was made possible by the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network. The Las Cumbres Observatory also supports student research through its own program, Global Sky Partners. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or LCO.