1. Building a Curriculum Customization Service for K-12 Teachers Using NSDL EduPak Curriculum Customization Service (CCS) Developed with Denver Public Schools by Digital Learning Sciences Presented by John Weatherley Digital Learning Sciences, UCAR This project supported in part by the National Science Foundation awards #0734875 and #0734872

2. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) Program Goals Increase achievement for all students through customized instruction – Embed customization using digital libraries into mainstream classroom practice – Measure impact on teaching and learning – Know-how to port to other districts and curricula

3. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) Customizing Instruction Begin with high-quality, standards-based, inquiry-oriented science curriculum Provide diagnostic tools to characterize learner needs Use digital library resources to address conceptual and motivational needs Share lessons, resources, diagnostic tools and receive recognition and PD credit

4. District learning goals Digital Library resources Saving, tagging, star ratings

5. Search by tag, person, and keywords Shared resources from teachers

6. Upload, share, tag Align with district learning goals and activities

7. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) Measuring Impact Full academic year field trial, all 110 middle and high school Earth science classrooms Teacher Usage, Behaviors, and Attitudes – Usage instrumentation – Surveys – Interviews Teacher Learning – Pedagogical content knowledge & customization skills Student Learning – District-wide end-of-class student assessments, samples of student work

8. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) Preliminary Pilot Results Most used – Interactive Resources – Visuals and Animations dominated Most useful - Student text and Animations Main purposes – Look for resources to improve student engagement (80% success) – Review EarthComm/IES activities (100% success) Unanticipated findings – Used as a teaching tool directly with students – Enabled new teachers to use digital materials – Supported substitute teachers to be effective – Learning gains reported!

9. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) CCS - Powered by EduPak EduPak enabled rapid development of CCS – From 0 to Pilot in 9 months, Pilot to Large-scale field trial in 8 months – Focus: domain modeling, user needs, instrumentation – Web Services

10. 2009 NSDL Annual MeetingCurriculum Customization Service (CCS) CCS Web ApplicationRich Learning Application writes to NCS manages Curricular Content NCS manages Curricular Content DDS manages Teacher Content DDS manages Teacher Content used by Web Services NCS DDS System Architecture Fedora NDR Strand Map Service provides Standards Visualization Strand Map Service provides Standards Visualization DL Search Service accesses Digital Resources DL Search Service accesses Digital Resources used by