Beyond IYA2009 Updates

18 October 2010

Latest Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal Highlights Cultural Astronomy
This special issue of Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal (CAPjournal) looks at IYA2009 events that focused on cultural astronomy and discusses how including a historical or cultural aspect can help communicators to engage with a wider audience. Read more: http://www.capjournal.org/issues/09/index.php

Discover ESO's Hidden Treasures: An Astronomical Images Competition
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is proud to present Hidden Treasures — a free competition for everyone who enjoys making beautiful images of the night sky using real astronomical data. The competition has some extremely attractive prizes for the lucky winners who produce the most beautiful and original images, including an all expenses paid trip to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal, in Chile, the world’s most advanced optical telescope. And the winner will have a chance to participate in the nightly VLT observations under the crisp Chilean skies. More information: http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/hiddentreasures/

Central European Deepsky Imaging Conference
Linz (Austria), March 18-20 2011
More information: http://www.cedic.at/

Global Projects for IYA2009 and Beyond
Talk by Mike Simmons,100HA Co-Chair: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1067/

The World at Night Newsletter October 2010
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1066/

XV International Astronomy Olympiad
Sudak (Crimea, Ukraine), October 16-24, 2010
The International Astronomy Olympiad is a scientific-educating event for students of the junior high school classes - 14-18 years old, which includes an intellectual competition between these students. The style of the problems is aimed at developing the imagination, creativity and independent thinking. More information: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/2010/

Open Educational Resouces
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.More information: https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/What-are-Open-Educational-Resources