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Become a LEADER in Developmental Biology Education! Tutorial: Submitting learning/teaching objects for the SDB digital library Diana Darnell: SDB/LEADER Archivist [email protected]
Become a LEADER inDevelopmental Biology
Education! Tutorial: Submittinglearning/teaching objects for the
SDB digital libraryDiana Darnell: SDB/LEADER Archivist
What is LEADER?Library of Educational Annotated DEvelopmental biology ResourcesA searchable, peer-reviewed, collection of digital Learning Objects
available through:
Why Have LEADER?Why not just use Google?
• Have you ever had to teach (or learn) something youdidn’t already know well and wished a colleaguecould recommend an appropriate Learning Object?
• Peer reviewed Learning Objects give you and yourstudents confidence & teach responsible webresearch skills
• Links to related Learning Objects and papers cancreate networks of useful material.
• Metadata can help you refine your searchproductively!
Learning is the object, but what is a Learning Object?•A Learning Object is any item you could use inteaching or learning, such as:An active learning exercise, animation, assessmenttool, audio file, course syllabus, curriculum, dataset,diagram, digital presentation (PowerPoint), exam,field trip guide, figure, glossary, graph, homeworkassignment, illustration, image, laboratory exercise,lecture or lecture outline, movie, non-lab exercise,origami exercise, photograph, podcast, Q&A set forclickers, review, simulation, teaching strategy,textbook, video file, web page, X-ray…
Why should YOU submit aLearning Object?
• Think about something you have developedto improve learning for your (DB) students.
• Think about the amount of time you put intomaking it useful and clear.
• Think how great it would be to extend thebenefit of that effort beyond your students!
• Think how much better you might make yourLO while you are tweaking it for submission!
How can you submit your Learning Object?
• Go to the APS web page:http://www.apsarchive.org
and log in here
To Submit a Resource
Click here
Click here
To Link through SDB
Add your titleAnd the date
A short description
A helpful suggestion
For each page, fill in the blanks with text or selections From a given list. These are text boxes.
Scroll down
Is there a cost?
Any restrictions?
What ages is thisBest suited for?
Click Save and Complete Step 1
METADATA creation
Highlight all disciplines that could benefit from your LO.
These become search termsand limit keyword lists.
Save and Complete Step 2
METADATA creation
Click here to add thekeywords that will helpteachers and studentssearching for somethinglike your LO find it.
Type in any additionalkeywords that arenecessary.Save and completeStep 3.
Choose thelanguage(s)
Note cultural,historical orgeographicallinkage, if any
Identify yourfunding sources
Save andComplete Step 4
Add the authors,publisher andany additionalcontributors.Click Use Me ortype in part ofthe name andSearch to findthem in thedatabase.
If they’re not in the databaseyet, you can add them byclicking here
Creating acontributorrecord by fillingin these boxes.
Pick a role foreach contributor.
There must be atleast one authorand publisher.
First author isthe defaultpublisher if thereis none.
Once you’veadded everyone,Save andComplete Step 5.
Create more metadata.Who is it for?How hard it is?How long does it take
to use?What is it?Some submissionscontain multipleresource types. Thinkabout how peoplewould search for yourresource and link tothose.
For what learning styleit is well suited?
What technology isrequired?
What assessment doesit include?
Then, click Save andcomplete Step 6.
If your LO can beused in the K-12classroom, choosethe K-12 contentstandards it supports.
These and otherchoices form themetadata that otherswill use to select yourLO from the BEN andNSDL archives.
Save and CompleteStep 7.
Choose the type ofcollection. A slideshow would belinear, a web pagewould be a Network.
If this is one part ofa set of similar orrelated resources,link them together.
Include citations topublications aboutthis LO.
Save and CompleteStep 8.
You’re almost done!
Paste in yourURL or uploadthe file here.You may beasked for the fileformat, too.
List any specialtechnicalrequirements.
Save Step 9
Yeah! You’redone. If you areputting in acollection oranother resourcewith many of thesame features,Make a cloneand edit itinstead ofstarting fromscratch.
Then clickSubmit andFinish. We’ll dothe rest!
"Never believe that a few caring people can'tchange the world. For, indeed, that's all whoever have."
Margaret Mead
• Thank you for submitting your LearningObject to the SDB LEADER archive. Thearchivist will send it out to 2 reviewers. Whentheir comments are in, she’ll email you withcomments, revision suggestions or news ofyour new peer-reviewed publication!
Questions: contact Diana [email protected]
Reviewers Evaluating LOs look for:
Scientific AccuracySufficient LO narrative (could others use it correctly?)Background/supportive sources listedEducational RelevancyPedagogical EffectivenessAppropriate animal use and care instructionsTechnical details (grammar, links okay?)Appropriate metadata
No copyright violations
Become a Reviewer!!!
• Be the first to see great new LOs!• Help out other educators and students!• Expand your national service to SDB!Send me an email ([email protected]) with yourname, department, institution, phone number and areas of expertise/interest.
How to use BEN with your Class?• Go to: www.biosciednet.org
Sign in (for tracking)Put in key words & levelOr other metadata
Browse the LOs that fit
Pick one and check it out!
LEADERLibrary of Educational Annotated DEvelopmental biology Resources
Needs YOU!LEADER is a searchable database of peer-reviewed educational resources in
developmental biology for teachers and students at all levels.
Submit your digital:active learning exercises lab exercises learning games tablesassessment strategies lesson plans simulations examsPowerPoint slides glossaries short movies syllabifieldtrip guides animations web sites images
Soon your material could be helping other students and faculty understand Developmental Biology when they access it through
The BEN Portalhttp://www.biosciednet.org/portal/
OR
The National Science Digital Libraryhttp://nsdl.org/
LEADERLibrary of Educational Annotated DEvelopmental biology Resources
Needs YOU!LEADER is a searchable database of peer-reviewed educational resources in
developmental biology for teachers and students at all levels.
To submit or become a reviewer contact Diana Darnell at
Soon your material could be helping other students and faculty understand Developmental Biology when they access it through
The BEN Portalhttp://www.biosciednet.org/portal/
OR
The National Science Digital Libraryhttp://nsdl.org/
