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1. Peer-Review of Digital Educational Resources—A Rigorous Review Process Developed by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)

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S. E. Lynds, F. Niepold, S. M. Buhr, Mark McCaffrey, Anne U. Gold, S. Fox, C. A. Manduca, and Tamara Shapiro Ledley

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21st century skills, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, 050301 education, Digital library, Literacy, Education, Scientific literacy, Educational resources, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Mathematics education, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Electronic publishing, Review process, Engineering ethics, Sociology, 0509 other social sciences, 050904 information & library sciences, business, 0503 education, media_common
Abstract

Educators seek to develop 21st century skills in the classroom by incorporating educational materials other than textbooks into their lessons, such as digitally available activities, videos, and vi...

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2012
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2. Commentary: Analogical Thinking in Geoscience Education

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Thomas F. Shipley, Benjamin D. Jee, David H. Uttal, Basil Tikoff, Bradley B. Sageman, C. A. Manduca, Dedre Gentner, and Carol J. Ormand

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Science instruction, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Logical reasoning, Teaching method, Earth science, 05 social sciences, 050301 education, Analogy, 01 natural sciences, Science education, Education, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Mathematics education, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 0503 education, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Geoscience instructors and textbooks rely on analogy for teaching students a wide range of content, from the most basic concepts to highly complicated systems. The goal of this paper is to connect ...

Published
2010
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3. Motivating and supporting faculty use of educational digital libraries

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Flora McMartin, S. Fox, C. A. Manduca, and Ellen Iverson

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Multimedia, Point (typography), Computer science, Teaching method, Cataloging, Small sample, Digital library, computer.software_genre, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Mathematics education, Student learning, Web service, User interface, computer
Abstract

The authors explore how the portal of a digital library can be designed to influence the behavior of its users. The example is the Starting Point Digital Library, an education digital library designed primarily for faculty teaching introductory level geoscience. The specific goal of the Starting Point library is to increase faculty knowledge of the full range of teaching methods that can be used in their classes so that they will be better positioned to design and implement introductory geoscience courses that support student learning. Our design is based on an in-depth look at how geoscience faculty think about and prepare for teaching developed through one-on-one interviews with a small sample of geoscience faculty

Published
2005
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