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ADN Educational Fields. March 2004. Educational Purpose. Describe educational and pedagogical characteristics of resources where resources are: Curriculum, activities, modules etc. Datasets Model output Visuals (maps, satellite imagery). More educational characteristics.
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ADN Educational Fields March 2004
Educational Purpose • Describe educational and pedagogical characteristics of resources where resources are: • Curriculum, activities, modules etc. • Datasets • Model output • Visuals (maps, satellite imagery)
More educational characteristics • Provides useful educational information about learning/teaching use • Does not provide detailed explanations on use or resource review (use annotation framework) • All metadata is subjective, generally the viewpoint of the cataloger or occasionally the resource creator - particularly true with educational fields
Educational Development • DPC - Katy Ginger, Holly Devaul • ADL/ADEPT - Tim Tierney • Colorado School of Mines - Tom Boyd • NASA - Shelley Olds • Other sources - IMS, GEM and DC • Development period - Jan 2000 to June 2002 with some implementation fixes in Dec 2002
Educational fields (1 and 2) • Interactivity level - the level of interaction with the resource • Optional; can’t repeat • Controlled vocabulary from IMS (e.g. high, low) • Not yet searchable or displayed • Interactivity type - the type of interaction • Optional; can’t repeat • Controlled vocabulary from IMS (e.g. active, expositive, mixed) • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (3) • Resource type - describes how the resource can be used in the classroom, professional development or in an informal educational setting • Required & repeatable; searchable & displayed • Controlled vocabulary • E.g. Text:Reference, Learning material:Classroom activity
Educational fields (4) • Audience information - a group of fields that encompass grade range, typical age range, tool for, beneficiary, instructional goal, teaching method, typical use time • Required and repeatable • Controlled vocabularies - see individual fields
Audience Information (Cont’d) • Audience Example 1 • Grade range - Graduate or professional • Tool for - Teachers • Beneficiary - Teachers • Teaching method - Distance learning • Audience Example 2 • Grade range - High school • Tool for - Teachers • Beneficiary - Students Teaching method - Small group learning
Educational fields (5) • Grade Range - the appropriate grade levels for users of the resource • Required and repeatable • Controlled vocabularies - see individual fields • E.g. K-2, 3-5, graduate, general public, informal education • Searchable and displayed
Educational fields (6) • Typical Age Range - the appropriate age levels for users of the resource (often used when informal education is chosen for grade range) • Optional • Can’t repeat • Free text • E.g. appropriate for 10-12 year olds girls • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (7) • Tool for - who should use the resource for the learning/teaching setting • Optional and repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE modifications • E.g. GEM:student teachers, GEM:middle school teachers, GEM:curriculum supervisors, DLESE:Media specialists • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (8) • Beneficiary - who in the selected graderange benefits from use of the resource • Optional and repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE modifications • E.g. GEM:Female students, GEM:At-risk students, DLESE:Evaluators • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (9) • Instructional goal - for the selected graderange what is the instructional goal of the resource (not applicable to all resources) • Optional and repeatable • Free text • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (10) • Teaching Methods - for the selected graderange what methods of instruction are successful (not applicable to all resources) • Optional, repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE modifications • E.g. DLESE:Small group learning, GEM:Hands-on learning, GEM:Cooperative learning • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (11) • Content Standards - an expectation of student knowledge, literacy and understanding that a resource addresses (not applicable to all resources) • Optional • Repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from NSES, Geography, Math, Technology, AAAS • Searchable and displayed
Educational fields (12) • Teaching Standards - an expectation of teacher knowledge, literacy and understanding in the methods of teaching science that a resource addresses (not applicable to all resources) • Optional • Repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from NSES and Technology • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (13) • Process Standards - an assessment of student ability and understanding that the resource addresses (not applicable to all resources) • Optional • Repeatable • Controlled vocabulary from Math (NSES not done yet) • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (14) • Typical Use Time - for the selected graderange, the length of time needed to complete or interact with the resource • Optional and repeatable • Encoded string like P1T2M3DT10H30M • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (15) • Description - other pertinent educational information • Optional • Free text • E.g. best done during an actual eclipse • Not yet searchable or displayed
Educational fields (16) • Language - the language of the resource • Required • Controlled vocabulary built into XML • E.g. en • Not yet searchable or displayed
Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - yes Grade range - yes, (context) Beneficiary - yes, (intended user) Tool for - no Difficulty - yes Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - yes (classification) Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes Educational ComparisonIMS ADN
Interactivity type - no Interactivity level - no Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes, (education level) Beneficiary - yes, (audience) Tool for - yes, (mediator) Difficulty - no Typical use time - no Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - yes (conforms to) Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes Educational ComparisonDC Qualified ADN
Interactivity type - no Interactivity level - no Resource type - no Semantic density - no Grade range - no Beneficiary - no Tool for - no Difficulty - no Typical use time - no Language - no Description - no Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - no Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes Educational ComparisonFGDC ADN
Educational Summary • ADN is comprehensive for education • ADN is compatible with NSDL • ADN plays well in the IMS and DC world • As more collections have this info, it will be displayed and searchable • ADN encompasses the big 3 of geospatial, temporal & education for effective search