ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Laura; As you evaluate visitor interactions, you might also think of comment sheets, video feedback and, of course, visitor podcasts as a sort of collaboration, just not face-to-face. In a study we did on written comments left by visitors to an exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre, we found that some of the most interesting ones were written in response to other visitors' comments, which had been posted in the exhibition by the OSC. If you're curious, we published a paper on the study, entitled 'Visitor Comments and the Socio-cultural Context of Science', in Museum Management and Curatorship, 19 (4):355-69. Cheers, Phaedra Phaedra Livingstone, PhD SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia 20-208 Niagara St Toronto ON CANADA M6J 3W5 (416) 203-2921 *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]