[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77033-77034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30063]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSB-17349; PPMCUVAI0, PXDCUVA0062.00.1]


Proposed Information Collection: The Use of Mobile Applications 
for Informal Learning in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) concerning 
the use of mobile applications for visitor informal science learning in 
the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. As required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other 
federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before February 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this IC to Phadrea Ponds, 
Information Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 
Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] 
(email). Please reference Information Collection 1024-CUVA in the 
subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Ferdig, Ph.D., Research Center 
for Educational Technology, School of Lifespan Development and 
Educational Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242; 
[email protected] (email) or 330-672-3371 (phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Researchers from Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA) and Kent 
State University would like to understand how visitors would use and 
interact with a mobile application (app) created specifically for 
science learning in the parks. We will use a pre and post knowledge 
survey to evaluate a developmental mobile app designed for visitor use 
while on-site in the park. The surveys will help us to understand the 
quality of science learning acquired by visitors using mobile 
applications. We will also administer a post trip survey to measure 
visitor satisfaction concerning the overall usability of the mobile 
app. The results from this collection will be used to provide feedback 
and updates regarding the further development of an app created 
specifically for science learning in the national parks.

II. Data

    OMB Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: The Use of Mobile Applications for Informal Learning in the 
Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
    Type of Request: New.
    Affected Public: General public who visit the Cuyahoga Valley 
National Park.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Multiple times dependent on respondent.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Annual Burden Hours: 500 hours. We estimate the public reporting 
burden to be 2000 users x 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal 
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.


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    Dated: December 17, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-30063 Filed 12-22-14; 8:45 am]
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