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NSDL – A Tool for Teaching and Learning
Eileen McIlvainPathways LiaisonNSDL Core Integration
BEN Scholars WorkshopDecember 8-10, 2006
NSDL Pathways workshops goals… Build awareness and use - spread the word…
about BEN, about NSDL Connect to user communities Give NSDL the opportunity to learn in a direct
way about unique PW issues and needs Explore different models for professional
development and capacity-building workshops – evaluate for efficacy, share for replication
Build capacity - capitalize on partnership opportunities – shared audiences, shared resources, services, expertise
Build long-term support; sustainability
The National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Digital Library
The National Science Foundation’s online library of resources for
education and research …
…established to catalyze and support continual improvements in STEM education at all levels (K-12, higher education, lifelong learning)
NSDL OverviewFunding Agency: National Science Foundation
Education and Human Resources Directorate 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 (STEM)
Structure: A digital library describing: 2M+ selected online STEM resources from hundreds of
distributed collections and services, provided and maintained by many organizations.
10 Pathways portals and over 200 NSF-funded NSDL grantees All joined by a Core Integration team
Columbia UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
What is a Digital Library?
Documents
Interactives
Exhibits
Maps
Services
Tools
Videos Data Sets
Animations
Images
Visualizations
LessonPlans
News
Communities of Practice
Professional Development
RemotelyOperated
Instruments
Where we were… Where we are… NSDL 1.0 (2002-2004)
integrated access to NSF-funded NSDL projects that had released collections
two levels of searching and browsing community governance and organization
NSDL 2.0 (2004-present) Building the foundation for educational partnerships -
move from a general purpose digital library to a federation of portals each with its own focus (one library, many portals) -> Pathways strategy – discipline-specific or audience-specific portals of NSDL. FEDORA-based technical infrastructure enabling contextualization of resources.
Technical InfrastructureMetadata:
Modified Dublin Core with crosswalks to other schema. Metadata are harvested through OAI and NSDL’s repository API
Repository Architecture: Migrating from metadata-centric Oracle database to resource-centric, object-oriented, FEDORA-based repository (Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture)
Search: New resource-centric search based on Lucene
Authentication: Working toward community sign-on using Shibboleth (single login across multiple portals)
Archiving: Persistent archive provided by San Diego Supercomputing Center
NSDL Pathways
Educational level and discipline-specific portals to NSDL resources
Built by leading organizations who are trusted by their target audiences
Provide resources, tools, services, and professional development
A method for professional organizations to engage and serve their membership communities
Partnerships
Pathway and Lead Ed Level Discipline
Math GatewayMathematical Assoc of America
Undergraduate Mathematics
Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD)Shodor Education Foundation
Undergraduate & High School
Computational Science
Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)Univ of Wisc, Madison
Community Colleges Applied Mathematics & Science
Teachers’ DomainWGBH Public Television
K-12 Life, Earth, Space, & Physical Sciences
Middle School PortalOhio State University
Middle Grades Science, Mathematics, & Technology
ComPADREAAPT, APS, AIP/SPS & AAS
Undergraduate & High School
Physics & Astronomy
BioSciEdNet (BEN)AAAS, plus >20 professional societies
Undergraduate & High School
Biology
Materials Digital Library Kent State University
Undergraduate & Above
Materials Science
Engineering PathwayUC Berkeley, Univ of CO
Undergraduate & K-12 Engineering
ChemEd DLib ACS, JCE DLib; Univ of Wisconsin
Undergraduate & K-12 Chemistry
NSDL Offers Educators…
An organized point of access to the Internet for high quality resources supporting STEM education
A source for accurate, appropriate, and relevant information for educators and learners at all levels
Peer reviewed materials
Resources that support standards
Why Not Just Use Google?
The NSDL Value Proposition… Relevant search results Trusted providers Appropriate for students Contextualized resources User-contributed content Peer reviews and other annotations Aligned to educational standards A bridge between the education and
research communities
Context
ResourcesTools
&
Services
Partnerships
Publisher Partnerships
Established agreements:Scientific AmericanOxford University Press JournalsHighWire PressMcGraw-Hill Higher EducationSpringerElsevier (books)John WileyBlackwellTool FactoryCambridge University Press BooksCambridge University Press JournalsHoughton-Mifflin/McDougal-LittelNature Publishing GroupTom SnyderBioOneNational Academy Press
Negotiating agreements: Bedford, Freeman & Worth Oxford University Press BooksTaylor & FrancisSAGE PublicationsO'Reilly Media/Safari
Exploratory discussions: American Psychological AssociationRiverdeep Interactive LearningLawrence Erlbaum AssociatesInstitute of Physics PublishingAmerican Physical Society
Expert Voices
Models scientific inquiry and exposes the processes of scientific research
Promotes and facilitates conversations between research and education communities
Brings content expertise into the classroom to support out-of-field teachers
Allows scientists, teachers, and media specialists to collaboratively develop instructional context around NSDL resources
Context
How Much Time Do You Have?
Find a website
Ask a question Create a module
Run a simulation
Download a resource
Assemble a links list
Use an existing module
Blog on Expert Voices
NSDL and BEN… What are your needs? What kinds of outreach are you engaged in?
Teacher training? Professional development workshops? conference attendance and booth events?
Dissemination Add NSDL to lists of recommended
resources NSDL search box on portals and partner
sites NSDL toolbar on university department,
school, and library browsers
