ADN Educational Fields

March 2004

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Educational Purpose

Describe educational and pedagogical characteristics of resources where resources are:– Curriculum, activities, modules etc.– Datasets– Model output– Visuals (maps, satellite imagery)

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More educational characteristics

Provides useful educational information about learning/teaching use

Does not provide detailed explanations on use or resource review (use annotation framework)

All metadata is subjective, generally the viewpoint of the cataloger or occasionally the resource creator - particularly true with educational fields

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Educational Development

DPC - Katy Ginger, Holly Devaul ADL/ADEPT - Tim Tierney Colorado School of Mines - Tom Boyd NASA - Shelley Olds Other sources - IMS, GEM and DC Development period - Jan 2000 to June 2002

with some implementation fixes in Dec 2002

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Educational fields (1 and 2)

1. Interactivity level - the level of interaction with the resource

– Optional; can’t repeat– Controlled vocabulary from IMS (e.g. high, low)– Not yet searchable or displayed

2. Interactivity type - the type of interaction– Optional; can’t repeat– Controlled vocabulary from IMS (e.g. active, expositive,

mixed)– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (3)

3. Resource type - describes how the resource can be used in the classroom, professional development or in an informal educational setting

– Required & repeatable; searchable & displayed– Controlled vocabulary– E.g. Text:Reference, Learning material:Classroom

activity

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Educational fields (4)

4. Audience information - a group of fields that encompass grade range, typical age range, tool for, beneficiary, instructional goal, teaching method, typical use time

– Required and repeatable– Controlled vocabularies - see individual fields

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Audience Information (Cont’d)

Audience Example 1 – Grade range - Graduate or professional – Tool for - Teachers – Beneficiary - Teachers – Teaching method - Distance learning

Audience Example 2– Grade range - High school – Tool for - Teachers – Beneficiary - Students

Teaching method - Small group learning

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Educational fields (5)

5. Grade Range - the appropriate grade levels for users of the resource

– Required and repeatable– Controlled vocabularies - see individual fields– E.g. K-2, 3-5, graduate, general public, informal

education– Searchable and displayed

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Educational fields (6)

6. Typical Age Range - the appropriate age levels for users of the resource (often used when informal education is chosen for grade range)

– Optional– Can’t repeat– Free text– E.g. appropriate for 10-12 year olds girls– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (7)

7. Tool for - who should use the resource for the learning/teaching setting

– Optional and repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE

modifications– E.g. GEM:student teachers, GEM:middle school

teachers, GEM:curriculum supervisors, DLESE:Media specialists

– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (8)

8. Beneficiary - who in the selected grade range benefits from use of the resource

– Optional and repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE

modifications– E.g. GEM:Female students, GEM:At-risk students,

DLESE:Evaluators– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (9)

9. Instructional goal - for the selected grade range what is the instructional goal of the resource (not applicable to all resources)

– Optional and repeatable– Free text– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (10)

10. Teaching Methods - for the selected grade range what methods of instruction are successful (not applicable to all resources)

– Optional, repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from GEM with DLESE

modifications– E.g. DLESE:Small group learning, GEM:Hands-on

learning, GEM:Cooperative learning– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (11)

11. Content Standards - an expectation of student knowledge, literacy and understanding that a resource addresses (not applicable to all resources)

– Optional– Repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from NSES, Geography, Math,

Technology, AAAS– Searchable and displayed

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Educational fields (12)

12. Teaching Standards - an expectation of teacher knowledge, literacy and understanding in the methods of teaching science that a resource addresses (not applicable to all resources)

– Optional– Repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from NSES and Technology– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (13)

13. Process Standards - an assessment of student ability and understanding that the resource addresses (not applicable to all resources)

– Optional– Repeatable– Controlled vocabulary from Math (NSES not done yet)– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (14)

14. Typical Use Time - for the selected grade range, the length of time needed to complete or interact with the resource

– Optional and repeatable– Encoded string like P1T2M3DT10H30M– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (15)

15. Description - other pertinent educational information

– Optional– Free text– E.g. best done during an actual eclipse– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational fields (16)

16. Language - the language of the resource

– Required– Controlled vocabulary built into XML– E.g. en– Not yet searchable or displayed

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Educational ComparisonIMS ADN

Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - yes Grade range - yes, (context) Beneficiary - yes, (intended user) Tool for - no Difficulty - yes Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - yes (classification)

Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes

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Educational ComparisonDC Qualified ADN

Interactivity type - no Interactivity level - no Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes, (education level) Beneficiary - yes, (audience) Tool for - yes, (mediator) Difficulty - no Typical use time - no Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - yes (conforms to)

Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes

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Educational ComparisonFGDC ADN

Interactivity type - no Interactivity level - no Resource type - no Semantic density - no Grade range - no Beneficiary - no Tool for - no Difficulty - no Typical use time - no Language - no Description - no Teaching method - no Instructional goal - no Standards - no

Interactivity type - yes Interactivity level - yes Resource type - yes Semantic density - no Grade range - yes Beneficiary - yes Tool for - yes Difficulty - no Typical use time - yes Language - yes Description - yes Teaching method - yes Instructional goal - yes Standards - yes

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Educational Summary

ADN is comprehensive for education

ADN is compatible with NSDL

ADN plays well in the IMS and DC world

As more collections have this info, it will be displayed and searchable

ADN encompasses the big 3 of geospatial, temporal & education for effective search