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Digital library for Earth System Education
Shelley Olds University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
DLESE Program Center
July 17 – 22, 2005 [email protected]
Resources and Services for Scientists and Research Programs
Interdisciplinary Modeling for Aquatic Ecosystems Curriculum Development Workshop
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Goals: By the end of this talk, you’ll be able to…• Explore systems/interdisciplinary
definitions (You are not alone)• Use DLESE resources• Become involved: contribute resources• Build a curriculum and library collection
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Digital Library for Earth System Education
• http://www.dlese.org
• Supported by the National Science Foundation
• The geoscience member library of the National Science Digital Library
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What is DLESE?
• A collaborative effort to provide support and leadership in addressing the national reform agenda for science education, scientific literacy, and scientific discovery
• Supports a broad audience of educators and learners: K-12, university, informal education, the public
• Improves the quality andefficiency of teachingand learning about the Earth system
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www.dlese.org
• Emphasizes pedagogical support for teaching and learning approaches that view Earth as a system
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Simplified model of the Earth system
Atmosphere
Cryosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Cosmosphere Anthrosphere
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What does DLESE offer?• Free access to learning resources about the Earth
System Lesson plans,
computer and lab activities, data visualizations, instructor guides, virtual field trips…
Themed collections about a specific topic
Reviewed collections
• DLESE doesn’t ‘own’ the resources• Provides information about resources as metadata
so you can easily find what you’re looking for
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2003 Annual Meeting
First Teaching Box workshop, June 04
What does DLESE offer?• Community
connections
• Professional development
• Opportunities to contribute reviews, provide feedback
• News and Opportunities
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DLESE may be useful to you….
When you: • Teach (or want to teach)…• Develop educational resources…• Run a research project with a public
outreach component…• Are part of an interest group organized
around an Earth or environmental theme
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• The DLESE Library of 10,000+ educational resources is searchable by TopicResource typeEducational
levelCollectionEducational
standard
• Useful for finding resources when you are teaching outside your normal expertise
When you teach …
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• Disseminate your resource in a place where educators look:http://www.dlese.org
• Submit information about your resource to DLESE:http://www.dlese.org/suggestor/index.jsp
Develop educational resources …
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Research projects with a public outreach component …• Create an ‘instant library of resources’: Add
the DLESE Search Service to your website
• More than a link to the homepage
Customizable javascript web service
Retains look and feel of your website
• Customize selection criteria for your audience (grade level, subjects, and resource types)
• It’s free and very simple to implement
• Contact [email protected]
• See http://preview.dlese.org/search/
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• Collaborative project Create classroom ready instructional units Teams of teachers, science advisors, interface
designers, facilitators• Components
Conceptual frameworkDescription of each activity Resource listAssessmentsEngage students in the process of science by being evidence-based
Build a curriculum: Teaching Boxes case-study
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Curricular ideas to consider
• Purpose of the course Survey course? Familiarity w/ multiple models? Expertise in specific models?
• Emphasis On the overlap of disciplines? Familiarity w/ each discipline
• Concepts to guide the course• Thread running through the course• Resources/models to include• How to make a good presentation• Important research questions
Within each discipline Overlapping the disciplines
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GIS
Modeling topic map to throw darts at:
Watershed/ Hydrologic
Snow HydrologyWater Quality
Groundwater flow &transport
Ecological systems
Philosophy of modeling
Data & Models
Uncertainty
Issues of Scale
Groundwater /Surface water
StatisticsEconomics
Atmospheric
Ecological / AlgaeEcological / Fish
MMS
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Build a library collection …• Build a themed collection of educational
resources on your topic
• Information for DLESE collection builders: http://www.dlese.org/Metadata
http://www.csmate.colostate.edu/dwel/
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Build & contribute collection process
1. Is the collection theme within DLESE scope
2. Determine type and format of collection
3. Understand collection policies
4. Create a scope statement
• Determine collection building strategy
• Determine collection selection criteria
5. Create metadata records (catalog resources)
6. Send metadata records to DLESE
7. Approval - Collections Accessioning Taskforce
8. Maintain the collection
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• Title - the name of the resource
• URL - the URL to an online resource
• Description - a narrative describing the content/purpose
• Subject - general topic areas that the resource is about
• Technical reqs - browser or platform requirements
• Resource type - type of educational resource (lab, photo)
• Audience - grade range of the resource
• Copyright - copyright statement
• Cost - yes/no/unknown cost to use or access resource
• Resource creator - author or publisher information
• Resource cataloger - cataloger information
DLESE required metadata - ADN Format(Cataloger Provided)
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Lessons learned in collection building
• Ensure resources are within scope
• Presentation of the metadata is just as important as the resource
Educational context is understoodAccess to data/other materials works
• Start with a small group of resources and metadata records; then build strategically
• Cataloging takes time so appropriate resource selection is critical
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Opportunities to get involved
• Suggest new resources for the library
• Submit teaching tips or reviews for the resources you use
• Attend an annual meeting or workshop
• Tell others about DLESE:
http://www.dlese.org