1. Sarah Giersch, Rena Janke, Mimi Recker mimi.recker@usu.edu IA Bake Off

2. Overview Overview of the Instructional Architect (ia.usu.edu) Designing an IA project with teachers Impact

3. The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is the nation’s free online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics http://nsdl.org/ Instructional Architect is an NSDL service that allows teachers to easily package online resources from a variety of sources for their students. http://ia.usu.edu/

4. Sample IA Project A sample Instructional Architect project that incorporates the Weather Maker online resource.

5. IA Use Context Pre/In service teachers, school library media specialists, teacher educators (N > 600) Engage ‘teachers as designers’ with online resources Especially low-tech users The ‘last mile’

6. Instructional Architect: Usage data Project visits219,022 Online resources gathered 16,922 Teacher created projects 4,062 Registered users 2,452 Since 2004

7. Design Philosophy KISS Don’t reinvent wheel 2 distinct categories of users: teachers and students Support sharing Not curriculum design (‘last mile’) Target low-tech teachers

8. A Demo

9. Toward Evaluating Impact Data SourcesFindings KnowledgePre/post surveys, online discussions Significant impact of workshop AttitudesPre/post surveys, reflection papers High effect sizes (d >.3), especially among low ‘aptitude’ BehaviorsWebmetrics (GA, IA project analysis) 10% uptake; relationship between design strategy and granularity Student impact Reflection papers, webmetrics, student interviews Much greater use of student access point

10. Closing Thoughts Interesting pre and in-service teacher mentoring emerges Supports teacher collaborations in unintended ways Various publication modes popular Differing impact depending on teacher prior comfort with technology Unplanned ‘viral marketing’

11. URLs Instructional Architect –ia.usu.edu PD materials –dlconnect.usu.edu –>> Click on ‘Researchers’