NEEDS—A Digital Library for Engineering Education at Joe Tront, Co-PI Virginia Tech Alice M. Agogino, PI University of California at Berkeley

NEEDS helps teachers & learners Find learning resources Find learning resources Search for multimedia engineering learning resources & save in workspaceSearch for multimedia engineering learning resources & save in workspace Standardized descriptions (metadata) to describe resourcesStandardized descriptions (metadata) to describe resources Recommender system and synonym searchRecommender system and synonym search Helps users evaluate the “quality of materials” Helps users evaluate the “quality of materials” Premier AwardPremier Award User Comments and ReviewsUser Comments and Reviews

Simple and advanced search

The Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware A national competition to identify and reward the authors of high-quality, non-commercial courseware designed to enhance engineering education A national competition to identify and reward the authors of high-quality, non-commercial courseware designed to enhance engineering education The Premier Award is about the entire experience of using the courseware by learners, not just the courseware itselfThe Premier Award is about the entire experience of using the courseware by learners, not just the courseware itself A dissemination system to distribute the Premier Courseware (via CD’s, ASEE Prism ads, presentations at FIE and ASEE) A dissemination system to distribute the Premier Courseware (via CD’s, ASEE Prism ads, presentations at FIE and ASEE)

Judging and Review Process Convene judging panel Convene judging panel Professors/content experts, instructional designers, students, publishersProfessors/content experts, instructional designers, students, publishers Review supporting materials in the submission packet Review supporting materials in the submission packet Author supplied responses to criteriaAuthor supplied responses to criteria Evidence of student learning and evaluationEvidence of student learning and evaluation TestimonialsTestimonials Evaluate and test the courseware Evaluate and test the courseware

2005 Premier Competition Call for Submissions… Call for Submissions… 2005 Premier Award Due Friday, July 15, 2005

Research is integrated into new services and features Extendable platform to integrate new services and features Extendable platform to integrate new services and features Interoperates with other digital libraries through our OAI server and our search web services Interoperates with other digital libraries through our OAI server and our search web services Latent semantic analysis, meta-thesauri and web logs used for recommender / related resources Latent semantic analysis, meta-thesauri and web logs used for recommender / related resources Gender equity/ diversity research in engineering and information technology Gender equity/ diversity research in engineering and information technology Refresh learning resources for new cutting edge technologies through NAE Engineer 2020 project Refresh learning resources for new cutting edge technologies through NAE Engineer 2020 project Mobile learning user studies and accessibility Mobile learning user studies and accessibility

Monthly Themes

Integration of NEEDS with TeachEngineering

Other Collaborations Engineering resources Engineering resources ABET tagging of metadata and accreditation seriesABET tagging of metadata and accreditation series Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (K- MODDL)Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (K- MODDL) Engineering professional societiesEngineering professional societies National Center for Women in IT (NCWIT)National Center for Women in IT (NCWIT) Related STEM resources Related STEM resources Digi-ChemDigi-Chem Science MuseumsScience Museums

research.microsoft.com Thanks to our NEEDS Sponsors National Science Foundation and the National STEM education Digital Library