DLESE Data Services2005 Workshop

Overview

• Outcomes of 2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop

• Plans and Structure of the 2005 DLESE Data Services Workshop

• What is a “Swiki” and How to Use It.

Purpose of DDS Workshops

• To bridge the gap between the technical and educational communities concerning “data resources”

• Facilitate the interaction of the scientific and educational communities in order to assure that Earth system science datasets and tools

• are accessible and usable by educators• are used in the development of Earth system

science educational modules• are available through DLESE

DLESE Data Services (DDS) Workshop

University of New Hampshire, May 200460 participants, 10 teams

• Landsat

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

• Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory/International Research Institute

• Ridge 2000 (Geological and Biological Studies of the Mid-Ocean Ridge System)

• Unidata

• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)

• Earth Observatory

• The Geoscience Network (GEON)

• Museum → Plant Team

Workshop Components: 2004

• Teams: Explore how to develop an educational module focused on a specific datasets and data analysis tool

• Discussion Questions: Participants contribute ideas on how to overcome obstacles to the use of data in education

• Poster Session: Share data, tools with all meeting participants

• Talks: Overviews of different methods of data access and analysis in educational contexts

2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop Teams

• Roles represented on each team• Data provider · Curriculum developer• Tool developer · Educator• Scientist

• Cross-discipline collaboration enabled participants to• See issues of data access and use from new viewpoints• Work through language barriers• Encouraged all participants to contribute expertise

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• Thread common through workshop: most valuable aspect was the ability to learn from and about the other group• “interacting directly with educators attending to

hear first hand their needs, wants, and expectations”

• Most valuable things were “talking with teachers, breakout groups, jargon free demos”

• Teams generally wanted more time to work in their teams and network with those from other groups

2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop Teams

Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter Resulting from 2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop

Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter Resulting from 2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop

2004 DLESE Data Services Workshop

• Discussion Questions• Solutions for Data Access Issues• Comparing Data Access Technologies• Envisioning a Data Section in DLESE• Optimizing Data Use in Education• Designing a Data Section in DLESE• Addressing Pedagogical Issues

2004 DDS Workshop Discussion Questions

• Solutions for Data Access Issues• Establish mechanism for educators to make their

needs known to data providers• Implementing metadata standards that bridge

the gap between scientific datasets, tools and educational vocabulary

• Needs to be seen as a shared problem

• Comparing Data Access Technologies (i.e. data and tools remain on server vs. downloadable data and analysis tools) • Browser based data analysis preferable by

many educators who are not permitted to download data and install analysis tools

2004 DDS Workshop Discussion Questions

• Envisioning a Data Section in DLESE• Ideal data search interface:

• Minimum buttons, fields and other widgets• Clear enough to walk users through steps to request

data• Map-based interface with consistent fields

describing available data for selected locations• A combination of metadata standards would be

necessary to fully characterize data within a digital library

• Designing a Data Section in DLESE• Metadata must distinguish data from educational

modules• Search mechanism necessary in DLESE that allows

discovery of data not associated with educational modules

2004 DDS Workshop Discussion Questions

• Optimizing Data Use in Education• Value in both browser and stand alone applications• Higher value on accurate and clear metadata to

allow educators and student to interpret data accurately than on one strategy for access and analysis

• Addressing Pedagogical Issues• Information about data should be integrated

with data• Units · Precision/accuracy• Definition of symbols · Locations• Color scales · Dates

• Include description of how data were collected• Plain language descriptions of what data represent• Include strategies for using data in the classroom that

address standards

2004 DDS Workshop Poster Session

Poster Session Questionnaire, Part Two

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Poster Session Questionnaire, Part One

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Outcomes of 2004 Data Services Workshop

• Enabled the interaction of scientific and educational communities to bring Earth science data to education• “Participants particularly value the meeting as an

opportunity for networking and making connections with members of the other groups” Evaluation Report

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From Final Day Evaluation of 2004 Data Services Workshop

2005 DDS Workshop Organizing Team

Sandra Petrie, UnidataSusan Lynds (DLESE Evaluation Services), Univ. of ColoradoSarah Hester, Univ. of Northern Colorado

Tamara S. Ledley TERC

LuAnn Dahlman TERC

Ben Domenico Unidata

Mike Taber Univ. of Northern Colorado

Components of the 2005 DDS Workshop

• Teams: Explore how to develop an educational module focused on a specific datasets and data analysis tool

• Discussion Sessions: • Data search scenarios• Meet with others in respective roles

• Poster Session: Share data, tools with all meeting participants

• Talks: Overviews of different methods of data access and analysis in educational contexts• Keynotes – examples of efforts to facilitate data

use in education• Demos of educational modules using data and

analysis tools

2005 DLESE Data Services Workshop Teams

• EarthScope

• Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)

• Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)

• Palmer Long Term Ecological Network (LTER)

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

• Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) Explorer

• Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory, Iowa State

• A Web-based System for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (EOS-Webster)

• Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center (FNMOC)

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

2005 DDS Workshop Participants

2005 DDS Workshop Tools

• Evaluation• Surveys

• Data use survey• Brief daily survey• Poster session survey• Final workshop survey

• Observations of breakout and plenary sessions

• Interviews with selected participants

• Team report-out PowerPoints

2005 DDS Workshop Tools

Swiki – online resource that allows capturing of team discussions as well as providing general information about the meeting

http://swiki.dlese.org/2005-dataservicesworkshop/1