Digital Libraries Go To School

USU

UCAR

SUNY-Cortland

Goals

1. help teachers learn to use NSDL resources in ways that meaningfully affect their practice in STEM

2. help teachers effectively increase a) technology integration and b) STEM content knowledge by engaging in sustained use of NSDL resources

Objectives (Table 1)

1. Design and implement a teacher development model

2. Design and implement a STEM content development model

3. Contribute teacher-designed learning activities to NSDL

4. Use evaluation and research to measure impact on teaching

Objectives 1 & 2

• Develop PD model and workshops, focusing on mechanics and design– Use PBL– Use the Instructional Architect– Develop support networks

Objective 3

• Contribute teacher-created content to the NSDL– Review Committee will develop rubric for

quality assessment, and core alignment– Develop metadata for quality and pedagogy

Objective 4 - Evaluation (Table 3)1&2: Teacher and content development model

What variables influence use and perceived utility of the program?

How are teachers using online resources?

What kinds of artifacts are workshop participants creating?

How are the teacher and content development models working (pedagogy and content)?

3: Contribution of content to NSDL

What is the quality of rubric?

How easy is it to apply to the evaluation of teacher projects?

Secondary objectives

Does the program result in increased technology integration?

Does the program have impact on content knowledge?

Work Plan (Table 2)• Pilot teacher/STEM content development

workshops with in-service teachers (Fig 2)

• Support in-service teachers' use of STEM content in classrooms (Fig 2)

• Pilot adapted curriculum with SUNY-Cortland and USU pre-service teachers (Fig 2)

• Review teacher created resources

Project Leadership Responsibilities (Figure 5)

• Mimi Recker, Andy Walker, Kaye Howe, Sarah Giersch, Susan Van Gundy, Rena Janke, grad students

• RC: Kim Lightle, Jim Dorward, Kaye Howe, Ed Caffarella, Jim Dorward, Wes Shumar, Julie Herron

• Kim Lawless (external evaluator)• IRB

3-year budget: $361,144thousands %

Direct USU 160 0.4Grad Students 30Senior Personnel 20Travel 15Participants 20

4 consultants 34 0.12 Teachers 16 0External Eval 9 0USU net 101 0.3

UCAR 130 0.4UCAR subaward 57 0.2UCAR net 73 0.2