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Making the Most of Digital Learning Resources for STEM with NSDL

2010 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference Washington DC July 8-9, 2010. Making the Most of Digital Learning Resources for STEM with NSDL. Eileen McIlvain Communications Manager Laura Moin Outreach & Professional Development Manager NSDL Resource Center Boulder, Colorado.

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Making the Most of Digital Learning Resources for STEM with NSDL

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  1. 2010 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference Washington DC July 8-9, 2010 Making the Most of Digital Learning Resources for STEM with NSDL Eileen McIlvain Communications Manager Laura Moin Outreach & Professional Development Manager NSDL Resource Center Boulder, Colorado http://nsdl.org

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  3. Funding Agency:National Science Foundation • Education and Human Resources Directorate – Division of Undergraduate Education • Initiated by NSF in 2000 as R&D project, now part of NSF’s educational cyberinfrastructure Scope:Education at all levels (K12, Higher Ed, Lifelong Learning, Research) • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Structure:Distributed holdings and services, provided and maintained by many organizations • Resource Center – University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) • Technical Network Services – UCAR, Univ. of Colorado, Cornell • Pathways Projects – 17 Pathways Partnerships • Service and Research Projects – more than 200 awards

  4. flickr user binki Digital Learning Community Digital Learning Laboratory Professional Networks Trends and Practices Dissemination Research Tool Development Platform Services Digital Learning Library Collections Contextualized Resources Educational Tools and Services

  5. Tools and Services for Resource Providers- consulting on digital library development wikis, listservs, and other collaboration tools toolbars and other browser plug-ins cataloging tools teacher and faculty professional development search services Metadata & DL Mgmt Services Teaching & Learning educational standards assignment and alignment instructional materials authoring tools strand map browse interface newsfeeds and podcasts authentication and group management metadata enhancement Expert Voices blog

  6. Community Colleges Biological Sciences Chemistry Physics & Astron Earth System Sci Computer Science Engineering Middle School Multimedia Undergrad Math Social Science Data Computational Sci MathPath Materials Science Informal Educators Climate & Energy K-6 Math

  7. S http://nsdl.org

  8. NSDL Science Literacy Maps • Alignment of resources to standards is metadata-based. • NSDL Science Literacy Maps • Earth Science Literacy Maps • My Stuff • New feature that will allow users to collect, upload, and share resources in the Maps • New development to begin soon • Framework for social networking at nsdl.org

  9. NSDL Science Literacy Maps relate teaching and learning resources to the AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy

  10. NSDL Strand Maps API • My Stuff • New feature that will allow users to collect, upload, and share resources in the Maps • New development to begin this summer • Framework for social networking at nsdl.org • Strand Maps API • Allows developers to embed the interactive maps in their Web sites • Customize the bubble • Operational examples: Science Literacy Maps, Earth Science Literacy Maps, Curriculum Customization Service • Operates over AAAS maps only • New maps require a development effort/partnership

  11. NSDL Curriculum Customization Service Digital Learning Sciences: University of Colorado University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

  12. The Curriculum Customization Service (CCS) transforms print-based materials into interactive, self-directed curriculum guides • Student Activities and Instructional Support Materials • District scope and • sequence information • Educational Standards • Interactive digital library resources for differentiation • Collections of “My Stuff” and “Shared Stuff”

  13. Concept-focused planning tool Opens full text

  14. Teacher’s Guide is built-in

  15. Embedded Assessments

  16. My Stuff and Shared Stuff:Ability to Save, Upload, and Share

  17. Sumner, Tamara, et al., 2010: Customizing science instruction with educational digital libraries; International Conference on Digital Libraries, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), pp 353-356, ACM; Goldcoast, Queensland, Australia

  18. Connecting with NSDL • Visit NSDL resource table during conference • Add resources to NSDL • Add resources to NSDL on iTunes U • Participate in NSDL workshops, web seminars, and other professional development • Use NSDL tools Contact – any questions: • Send email to: nsdlsupport@nsdl.ucar.edu • Use Contact us form at http://nsdl.org/about/contactus/

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