1. Pedagogic Service Project: Enriching the MERLOT Collection Ellen Iverson Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College Scott Cooper University of Wisconsin-La Crosse University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

2. Overview  What is the Pedagogic Service Project?  How is MERLOT involved?  How can you get involved?

3. Pedagogic Service Project  Based on Starting Point: Teaching Entry-Level Geosciences portal  Core set of pedagogic modules  Collection of teaching activities and resources  Integration of pedagogic modules with teaching activities  Partners create customized version Partners include: MERLOT, ComPADRE, CAUSEweb, ERESE, eduCommonsStanford Center for Teaching and Learning, Perlman Center for Teaching and Learning

4. Goal: Impacting Instruction  Premise  Get faculty to the site  Teach them about pedagogy while they are there.

5. How it Works: the Model for Geosciences  Get faculty to the site (80% from search engine)  Site portal: 25% users entering this avenue  Search for resources: 30% users search by geoscience topic  Search for pedagogic content  Teach them about pedagogy while they are there  Embedding teaching activities & resources within pedagogic modules  Internal site navigation and faceted search features

12. Site Use

13. Findings  Faculty think about teaching in context of topics they teach and they love examples  Design for topical search  They look regularly on line for images and info for lecture, but rarely for pedagogic information  Link pedagogy to examples full of images/info  They seek info on pedagogy from their colleagues  Faculty authors, faculty voice, word-of-mouth advertising

14. MERLOT/SERC Partnership  MERLOT contains links to thousands of educational websites, many with peer reviews and assignments.  SERC brings a significant collection of geoscience content with a well defined pedagogic format, focusing on the use of individual activities in the classroom.  Partnering MERLOT and SERC builds on the strengths of both programs.

15. Linking MERLOT and SERC  Targeted portal development services:  Year 1: MERLOT Biology Community  Year 2: MERLOT Math Community  Year 3: TBA  Activities to bridge MERLOT resources with SERC’s pedagogic modules

16. MERLOT members involved  MERLOT Editorial Board members contributing to initial activity collection  Scott Cooper-Biology Editor  Jeff Bell-Biology Editor  Jim Rutledge-Math Editor  Technical Development Coordinator  SERC-Sean Fox  Project Management  SERC-Bill Bruihler  Cathy Swift-Editorial Board Chair

17. How can you get involved?  Contribute your great teaching activities  Opportunity to submit at MIC session  Content Management System ease of use  Recommend colleagues with possible contributions  Become a peer-reviewer  Explore the collection

19. Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the National Science Foundation as part of the National Science Digital Library through award 0532768. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.