MoU between IVOA and IAU OAD

[Djorgovski, Stanislav G. (George)]

This is great to see, Chenzhou.  We have been saying from the get-go that VO can be a powerful tool for education, and not just about astronomy, but also using astronomy as a magnet to teach about the physics, computing, and data science.  And a great work by the OAD!
Cheers, George


> On Mar 5, 2021, at 12:17 AM, Chenzhou Cui <ccz at bao.ac.cn> wrote:
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> Dear IVOA colleagues,
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> cc Vanessa McBride and Kevin Govender,
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> After several months' preparation, the MoU between IVOA and the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) was approved by the Exec committee at the last telecon. Attached please find the signed partnership agreement with the OAD!
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> The partnership is to bring together the complementary resources and expertise of the IVOA and the OAD to advance the use of astronomical data and/or technologies to use in different areas of society. The project will most likely be centered on (but not limited to) using VO tools for curriculum development (jointly with the SA-ROAD), data-driven citizen science projects through the WWT, as well as some of the OAD projects that use VO tools for education and outreach purposes, e.g. Shristi Astronomy etc.
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> To boost the collaboration, a wiki page is created for the existing IVOA education resources and tutorials. I encourage all VO projects and WGs/IGs to add suitable resources to the page. Resources and tutorials in both English and non-English are welcome. Thanks.
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> https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/EduResourcesTutorials
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> This collaboration is very helpful to improve the visibility of VO community in the global astronomy community. Your contributions are very welcome! If you have any idea relating to these or other possible implementations of the VO and astro4dev, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Vanessa or me.
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> We look forward to a fruitful relationship.
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> Kind regards,
> Chenzhou
> on behalf of the IVOA Exec
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> <MoU-OAD-IVOA-final-confirmed-signed.pdf>