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The Role of Digital Libraries in High School Teaching of STEM
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MIC 2003, Vancouver, B.C. August 5 – 8, 2003
The Role of Digital Libraries in High School Teaching of STEM
Panel PresentationSarita Nair, Katherine Hanson, Marcia Mardis, Wesley
Shumar
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Agenda Panel Introductions & Overview Research Questions Presentations
The Gender & Science Digital Library Effective Access Michigan Teacher Network Math Forum
Questions & Feedback
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Introductions & Overview What is the Role of Digital Libraries in
the High School Teaching of STEM? Sarita Nair – Project Director, GSDL Katherine Hanson - PD/PI Effective Access &
GSDL Marcia Mardis - Project Director, MTN Wesley Shumar – Ethnographer, Math
Forum
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Research Questions How are high school teachers currently
using digital resources? What would they like to be doing?
How does collaborative planning (or the lack thereof) affect DL development?
Do K-12 educators care about metadata?
Where does ‘Google’ fit into the development paradigm?
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The GSDL For all STEM disciplines Equitable materials for all students with
emphasis on female engagement Inter-disciplinary examination of the
role of gender in teaching and learning Serving a broad audience Offering a wide range of content
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The GSDL Design considerations for K-12
Focus group feedback Results of pilot testing Usage data
http://www.gsdl.org Basis for Effective Access research
project
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Effective Access Web use and textbooks are the two most
relied upon resources Teachers learn about resources from
colleagues and professional development Teachers say there’s not enough time to
make effective use of the web Resources used for background
information, not necessarily integrated into the classroom
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Effective Access
Teachers http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?
u=26853192055 Developers
http:// www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32220185416
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Michigan Teacher Network Founded in 1998 for Michigan educators 17,000+ page views per day Statewide PD events searching and
classroom planning resources Original collection policy limited to Web
sites--now changing to item level http://www.michiganteacher.net
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Michigan Teacher Network What’s consistent in the established
literature? Time is consistently a big factor Teachers say quality is important but don’t
take time to evaluate quality Teachers consult colleagues (Sutton, 1999)
But, recent research leads elsewhere…
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Broad Category of Searches
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Data collected from April 29-May 14, 2003
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Top Searches 2/19-3/5/2003
classroom management 300
sciences 102
lesson plans 90
sound 87
states 91
history 72
social studies 71
economics 64
elementary education 64
technology education 58
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Top Searches 3/26-4/9/2003
classroom management
304
physical education 60
lesson plans 55
educational assessment
51
fractions 47
private schools 41
weather 39
rainforests 35
music 34
life science 31
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Top Searches 4/29-5/14/2003
classroom management
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listserv(s) 146
poetry of kids 109
science 48
lesson plans 41
private schools 37
zookeeper 31
plants 30
plagiarism 28
organizational skills 27
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Data collected from April 29-May 14, 2003
Curriculum Area Searches
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Curriculum Area Searches
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Conclusions
Many users exhibit “Search Engine Habits” Search for items beyond scope of
collection Seem to be expecting to search site
text, not metadata Perform searches on browsing
categories
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Conclusions Most searches occur after school MTN users seek classroom management
help the most Science is the most searched curriculum
area Users search very broad or very narrow
concepts with few terms Users seem to want objects Users repeatedly type in the same search
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Users misunderstand sometimes… Ozzy Osbourne Motown Hoe Down Health priorities in Australia Bay City Boating and Fishing Recipes (food) Spices and herbs Buying a car SARS Mazda rx-8 Bush declares war
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Michigan Teacher Network Citation Analysis
Practitioner literature between 1998 and 2002
Collection development, working with S&M teachers, working with S&M students advice
Hypothesis: there’s not much out there
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Michigan Teacher Network Citation Analysis Conclusions
Not much out there Collection development focuses on entire
Web site, not object level More than “This is How We Do it Good” Little authoring collaboration Need to do same study on S&M practitioner
literature for comparison What does it all mean?
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The Math Forum - Introduction Building of the Math Forum site was
very ground up-the site evolved based on user interests The site evolved with the Web Focus was always in supporting a
community that cared about math education
Resources were built out of interactions and collections of gifts
A utopian system of generalized reciprocity
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The Math Forum - Evaluation Evaluation at the Math Forum
established a process for understanding the possibilities for social interaction and resource development Community was central to the success of
The Math Forum The Math Forum strategy for building
resources gave people “buy-in” as well as creating a “rich site”
Different “teacher types” were supported in different ways
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The Math Forum - Community From the beginning the Math Forum saw
themselves as a Community Community gives people a sense of
attachment and belonging The community was supported by f2f and
online activities Active teachers developed a sense of
emotional attachment to the site
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The Math Forum - Teachers There are three main teacher types
using the Math Forum Novice, Intermediate, Expert
There seem to be some gendered differences in interaction
Leaders who become major contributors to the site are rare but essential
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Conclusion Questions for Panelists Comments on Research Questions
Thank you!