Digital library for Earth System Education

Shelley Olds University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

DLESE Program Center

July 17 – 22, 2005 support@dlese.org

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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• Emphasizes pedagogical support for teaching and learning approaches that view Earth as a system

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Earth System Science: Bretherton’s conceptual model of Earth system processes

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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 support@dlese.org

• 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

support@dlese.org