HR: 0800h
AN: ED31C-1216    [Abstracts]
TI: Encouraging Data Use in the Classroom-DLESE Workshop Evaluation Results
AU: * Lynds, S E
EM: susan.lynds@colorado.edu
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Education and Outreach Program, University of Colorado Campus Box UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Buhr, S M
EM: susan.buhr@colorado.edu
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Education and Outreach Program, University of Colorado Campus Box UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Ledley, T S
EM: tamara_ledley@terc.edu
AF: TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AB: For the last two years, the Data Services Team of the Digital Library for Earth Systems Education (DLESE) has offered annual workshops, bringing scientists, technology specialists, and education professionals together to develop ways of using scientific data in education. Teams comprised of representatives from each of five professional roles (scientist, curriculum developer, data provider, teacher, tool developer) worked on developing online educational units of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET--http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/). Workshop evaluation projects elicited a large amount of feedback from participants at both workshops. Consistently, the attendees most highly valued the opportunity to network with those of other professional roles and to collaborate on a real-world education project. Technology and science specialists emphasized their desire for a greater understanding of practical applications for scientific data in the classroom and what educators need for successful curricula. The evaluation project also revealed similarities in the limitations that many attendees reported in using online data. Technological barriers such as data format, bandwidth limitations, and proprietary data were all mentioned by participants regardless of professional role. This talk will discuss the barriers to and advantages of collaborations between scientists, technology specialists, and educators and the potential for this format to result in data-rich curriculum elements.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005