STEM Exchange Concept Mee1ng Exploring next genera1on approaches to dissemina1on and contextualiza1on of digital resources for STEM educa1on
Mutual Interests… • Speeding the diffusion of digital content to educa1onal prac11oners • Highligh1ng resources that are open for educa1onal use • Leveraging a wider range of online dissemina1on channels and mobile devices • Empowering exis1ng teacher communi1es to mobilize NSDL materials directly in their own online plaForms and contextualize them • Enhancing understanding about the adop1on and impact of cyberlearning resources
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Professional Networks Trends and Prac1ces Dissemina1on
Research Tool Development PlaForm Services
NSDL Pathways • Educa1onal level and discipline specific views of NSDL • Built by leading organiza1ons who are trusted by their target audiences • Engage ~ 60 professional socie1es and organiza1ons, and ~ 30 educa1onal ins1tu1ons and founda1ons • Provide resources, tools, services, and professional development flickr user sunny‐drunk
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Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Physics & Astron
Computa1onal Sci
Geosciences
Computer Science
Engineering
Materials Science
Undergrad Math
Middle School
Social Science Data
CLEAN
MathPath
Climate & Energy
K‐6 Math
Informal Educators
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Why the STEM Exchange? The Limita1ons of Metadata • labor intensive, expensive • metadata crea1on and exchange requires technical library exper1se • important for content management and discovery, but direct value to user is limited beyond search and browse • essen1al but not sufficient for educa1onal transforma1on
Why the STEM Exchange? The Evolving Power of Context • scarcity of content is no longer the issue • content alone does not transform • content crea1on as a powerful learning process • need to liberate the wisdom of teacher communi1es around content to achieve transforma1on
New Informa1on Profile Around STEM Resources
focused, not on describing the resource itself, but on facilita'ng the diffusion of the resource into educa'onal prac'ce and explica'ng diffusion pa5erns as the resource is annotated, reviewed, downloaded, embedded, shared, accreted, modified, and updated.
STEM Exchange as the plaForm upon which resource profiles can be collabora1vely assembled and openly exchanged
by leveraging exis1ng social networking so[ware to create a dynamic system with interconnected learning resources— instead of people— as the en''es with rich informa'on spaces of profiles, friends, groups, and status updates
“Paradata” • a complement to metadata, not a replacement • separate layer of informa1on from metadata • a means to integrate informa1on about resources by using social networking tools • a means to create an open source and open access data space around resources • emphasizes dissemina1on rather than descrip1on • accommodates expert and user‐generated knowledge • powers feedback loops • explicates usage pa^erns and inferred u1lity of resources
Putting the resource at the center of its own social-style network
Paradata opens opportuni1es to map network connec1ons as teacher communi1es connect to the Exchange and add mul1direc1onal flows of informa1on
Integrating both expert and user-generated information
Opportuni1es to create persistent, short references to resources
Opportuni1es to aggregate ac1vity around the resource through hashtagging
Apps, gadgets, widgets, feeds…
Enabling feedback loops with teacher communi;es
Near‐term Plans • 6‐month 1me frame • community engagement from the very beginning of development process • quick‐response feasibility working groups • pilot with a subset of open resources featuring cyberlearning exemplars • perpetual beta
Integra1ng the STEM Exchange into communi1es networks… What does integra1on mean to you as the facilitator of a prac11oner community? What does integra1on look like for your community? What needs would integra1on serve for your community? How does access without ownership work for your communi1es?