Learning to Curate Quality Learning
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The document discusses the role of collaborative learning environments, such as learning collaboratories, in enhancing science education by bridging informal and formal learning settings. It emphasizes the importance of curating quality learning resources from various informal science learning centers and the engagement of teachers and parents in this process. The Bay Area Science Education Collaboratory serves as a case study showcasing the potential for increased scientific literacy through access to curated resources aligned with educational standards.
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The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
TopicQuests Foundation
My DesignWorlds Science Collaboratory Colleagues:
Rick Berg
Eileen Clegg
Susanne Commisso
Bill Daul
Jack Gottsman
Bob Kahn
Frona Kahn
Jack Park
Saul Rockman
Sherman Rosenfeld
Belinda Lowe Schmahl
Alex Wenzowski
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Learning to Curate Quality Learning
- 1. Learning to Curate Quality Learning: From Open Education Resources to Digital Textbooks, Collaboratories and Sustainable “Knowledge Garden” Communities ! Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D.! Co-Founder & CEO! DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. &! DesignWorlds for College & Careers! ! Founding Director & Chief Curator! Bay Area Science Museum Learning Collaboratory & Mindseum!
- 2. About DesignWorlds n 18-year old CA corporation dedicated to developing and supporting new kinds of online, collaborative learning & knowledge-making communities! n Web-based collaboratories: Building bridges between K-12 schools, higher ed, museums & other informal learning centers,workplaces, research labs, and homes)! n DesignWorlds for College & Careers: Helping high school and college students make informed choices about college & (post) graduate education and designing alternative career paths!
- 3. Views of LearningViews of Learning Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund
- 4. Current View of AssessmentCurrent View of Assessment Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund
- 5. Views of LearningViews of Learning Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund
- 6. What do we curate in the digital world?
- 7. Learning is fundamentally social: Curating the informal: Shared conversations and face-to-face/email/video transactions Informal Learning at WorkInformal Learning at Work Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund Illustration © 1991-1996 Gary Lund
- 8. Some Historical Models: Collecting, Editing, Curating Museum at Alexandria => ! Exploratorium & Virtual Museums! Libraries => National Science Digital Library! Collecting Questions => Quora! Conversations & Layered Annotations (e.g., Talmud) => Hypertext & Hypermedia! Oxford English Dictionary &! Encyclopedia Britannica => Google & Wkipedia! Books & Textbooks => OER & OpenSTAX! Scientific & Academic Journals => ArXiv & Collaboratories! Oral Storytelling => “Story Corps” & ! Digital Storytelling!
- 10. Learning Community Stakeholders Institute for the New California, Learning in the Information Age: A Conversation for California’s Future (1997).
- 11. From the Learner’s Viewpoint... Institute for the New California (1997). Learning in the Information Age: A Conversation for California’s Future (1997).
- 12. A Case Study: The Bay Area Science Education Collaboratory (2002-2008) Helping science teachers & parents! be even more successful ! helping their students learn science & develop scientific literacy—! using billion$ of museum & other informal science learning resources! !
- 13. Leveraging Over $1 Billion Investment To Increase Access & Use of Museum, Media & Other Informal Science Learning Resources n Goal – Scientific literacy for all; initial focus on middle grades (4-8): teachers, parents and students! n Problem – CA students not learning science and/or lack of continued interest in learning or doing science (especially after 4th grade). Average of 1 hr per week dedicated to science in grades K-5.! n Need to “bridge the gap” between informal learning and needs of standards-aligned formal science education ! n A Partial Solution: Web-based “open source” learning=> Bay Area Science Education Collaboratory! !
- 14. Why Science Learning Collaboratories (2001-02)? • Bridging informal, “free choice” science learning with formal education: • “Before It’s Too Late” (Glenn Commission (2000); Business Roundtable (2005), National Academy of Sciences (2006) • Most Bay Area middle school science teachers still lack B.A.’s in science; few have had real science-related work experience n Science textbooks are expensive and focus largely on the past, not the future in which students will live n Teacher professional development is expensive (time & $) n Parents want to know how to best help their children learn science…
- 15. Why science collaboratories? n Teachers know there are better resources for inquiry and hands-on science than textbooks… n But the wealth of billions of $$ invested in informal science education resources is still greatly under-utilized by the majority of teachers
- 16. Why not just use the Web? The Web is full of information & resources…
- 17. Information Overload n Teachers and parents often don’t have time to browse and find the best non-textbook resources that may fit their students individual learning/thinking styles and needs.. and which are aligned with CA standards…! n Google search: “middle school plate tectonics” ! (Oct. 2003) =>17,000 hits! • Same search (June., 2015): 202,000 hits !! !!
- 18. The Bay Area Science (Museum) Education Collaboratory Regional Science Learning Community Resource, co-designed by/for SF Bay Area Middle School Teachers
- 19. 6th Grade Bay Area Science Collaboratory Museum Web links aligned to California Grade 6 Science Standards (Focus on Earth Sciences
- 20. Bay Area Science Collaboratory Three clicks from California grade-level science standards/topics -> subtopics ->…
- 21. Bay Area Science Collaboratory Two best teacher-selected resource for each subtopic, selected from local museums & Web
- 22. Bay Area Science Museum Collaboratory Community Content Aquisition & Curation Flow Model
- 23. Collaboratory Users Developmental Model: Increasing Participation => Increased Depth & Social Spread of Learning n Users of open content resources contributed by other community members! n Author-creator-designer of new resources! n Editor & Curator of Topics of Interest and Learning Journeys /“Knowledge Quests”! n Federator-Pathfinder of topic connections across disciplines! n Mentor-Coach & Community Advocate!
- 24. Experienced Teachers as Designers, Users, Contributors & Mentors
- 25. Bay Area Science Collaboratory Nexist Wiki (Jack Park) Topic Map Resource Matrix aligned with CA standards by teachers, academic science specialists and museum educators
- 26. Creating a New Collaboratory (Example: 4th Grade Science (CA): 1. Design Visual Topic Map Interface to Standards (thanks to Eileen Clegg)
- 27. Creating a New Collaboratory (4th Grade Science (CA): 2. Create Wiki Standards Matrix Database & Topic Map
- 28. Process to Create New Grade Level Collaboratory 3. Find and rate two best resources for each standard and benchmark (subtopic)
- 29. Examples: “Hands-On” Demos & Activities
- 30. Virtual Museum Field Trips with Video Commentary n Chabot Space & Science Center (Oakland)! n PlanetaryLandscapes! n Exhibit Curator “Point of View” Commentary!
- 31. Authentic Assessment of Learning: Virtual Peer Teaching (“Showing what you know”) n Using videos of museum visits to help introduce exhibits and teach concepts to other students— virtually! n 8th Grade Students @ Chabot Space & Science Center!
- 32. Bay Area Science Collaboratory (2002-08) With thanks to the support of: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation & The S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation n Classroom or home access to the best middle grades (4-8) science lessons, demos/activities & other resources from 6 museums, aligned with grade level California Science Standards ! n Selection of over 1,000 learning resources found & curated by over 180 CA Bay Area teachers and museum educators! ! n Started annual review of the two best resources for each science standard/benchmark in grades 4-8 by Bay Area teachers, museum educators, higher education faculty and science education experts! n Online classes used for teacher professional development in building “communities of practice”!
- 33. Science Collaboratories: Demonstrated & Measurable Goals n Increase in student science achievement & science literacy! n Increase in teacher science knowledge! n Integration of new emerging science & technology into standards-based science curriculum (e.g., nanotech, biotech, biophotonics, etc.:! n Broader & more extensive teacher & learner use of Billion $$ of local museum & informal learning resources! n Engagement of parents & guardians in the students’ learning and doing of science! n Establishment & active participation of regional science education “communities of practice!
- 34. Newer Models: TopicQuests * Thanks to Jack Park, TopicQuests Foundation.
- 35. A Social CMS Garden Portal* * Thanks to Jack Park, TopicQuests Foundation.
- 36. Web Services to TopicSpaces * Jack Park, TopicQuests Foundation
- 37. Mindseum.org
- 39. “Tagomizer” Jack Park, TopicQuests Foundation www.slideshare.net/jackpark
- 40. Collective Sensemaking Knowledge Gardening Blooming and buzzing ideas that need collection, deliberation, and organization
- 41. Collaboratory and Knowledge Gardens: Common Goals & Social Structures n Common Vision & Shared Goals! n Crowd Sourcing: Social Co-design & Participation! n Dynamic & Federated Social Knowledge Architecture! n Rapid Iterative Design, Prototype & Development! n Collaborative Talents/Strengths & Skills Development (Assessment & Continuous Learning/ Improvement)! n Collaborative Technologies AND Face-to-Face Relationship Building! n Multiple levels of participation & development!
- 42. “Inch by inch, Row by row...”
- 43. Towards Sustainable Knowledge Gardens: We’re ALL: Visitors, Learners, Content Contributors/Creators, Guides & Curators Aggregate/Federate (link & connect)/Guide => Crowd Source/Create/Experiment/Curate => Share/Monetize/Sustain & Scale A Global Community Learning and Knowledge Garden
- 44. Questions?
- 45. “Discovery consists of seeing the same things that everyone else sees—but thinking what no one else has thought.” —Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (Nobel Prize-Medicine, 1937)
- 46. Some Important Related Web Links & Resources n Bay Area Science Museum/ Education Collaboratory! n www.designworlds.com/collab/project.html! Home Page: ! ! ! www.designworlds.com/collab/! ! ! !• 2007 Museums and the Web Conference Presentation:! www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/kahn/kahn.html! • Jack Park’s SlideShare Presentations on TopicQuests, Federated Knowledge Gardens, OpenSherlock, etc: www.slideshare.net/jackpark! ! !
- 47. Special Thanks To: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation TopicQuests Foundation My DesignWorlds Science Collaboratory Colleagues: Rick Berg Eileen Clegg Susanne Commisso Bill Daul Jack Gottsman Bob Kahn Frona Kahn Jack Park Saul Rockman Sherman Rosenfeld Belinda Lowe Schmahl Alex Wenzowski ! ! ! ! ]! ! !
- 48. Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D. DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. ted@designworlds.com www.designworlds.com 408.252.2285 ! ! ! !