Become a LEADER in Developmental Biology Education! Tutorial:

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Become a LEADER in Developmental Biology
Education! Tutorial Submitting learning/teaching
objects for the SDB digital library
Diana Darnell SDB/LEADER Archivist
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What is LEADER? Library of Educational Annotated
DEvelopmental biology ResourcesA searchable,
peer-reviewed, collection of digital Learning
Objectsavailable through
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Why Have LEADER? Why not just use Google?

• Have you ever had to teach (or learn) something
  you didnt already know well and wished a
  colleague could recommend an appropriate Learning
  Object?
• Peer reviewed Learning Objects give you and your
  students confidence teach responsible web
  research skills
• Links to related Learning Objects and papers can
  create networks of useful material.
• Metadata can help you refine your search
  productively!

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Learning is the object, but what is a Learning
Object?

• A Learning Object is any item you could use in
  teaching or learning, such as
• An active learning exercise, animation,
  assessment tool, audio file, course syllabus,
  curriculum, dataset, diagram, digital
  presentation (PowerPoint), exam, field trip
  guide, figure, glossary, graph, homework
  assignment, illustration, image, laboratory
  exercise, lecture or lecture outline, movie,
  non-lab exercise, origami exercise, photograph,
  podcast, QA set for clickers, review,
  simulation, teaching strategy, textbook, video
  file, web page, X-ray

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Why should YOU submit a Learning Object?

• Think about something you have developed to
  improve learning for your (DB) students.
• Think about the amount of time you put into
  making it useful and clear.
• Think how great it would be to extend the benefit
  of that effort beyond your students!
• Think how much better you might make your LO
  while you are tweaking it for submission!

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How can you submit your Learning Object?

• Go to the APS web page
• http//www.apsarchive.org

Click here
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Click here
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Because we are in the process of changing our
current software, the official SDB pages cant
yet link your LO and metadata to the database.
For now you need to disguise yourself as an APS
submitter and send me an email so I can recognize
you in your disguise and reroute you to the SDB
reviewers
darnell_at_email.arizona.edu
Check here
Then click here
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Add your title
A short description
A helpful suggestion
Click here to advance
For each page, fill in the blanks with text or
selections From a given list. These are text
boxes.
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Highlight all fields that could benefit from
your LO. These become search terms.
The command/apple key lets you pick several at
once.
Click Add to select
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Click here to add your name And names of other
contributors. When finished adding folks, Click
Submit.
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Select authors/contributors, or
Click here to add contributors
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Fill in the blanks. The red asterisks indicate
required fields but if you can put everything in
that would be appreciated.
Click Add and then go back to the Authors list
and select the author you just added
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Every LO must have a first author (contact
person). If there is no publisher, then the first
author becomes the publisher of record.
Once youve added everyone, return to Author
Information and select Done adding Authors.
This will take you to the technical Information
page
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Pick the format that matches your LO (use the
pulldown) and list special requirements.
Then, either enter the URL of your LO if it is
online, or upload the file onto our server.
Next stop Educational Information
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Make your selections from the educational options
provided. Click Add/Modify to see the Selection
lists or use the Pulldown arrow.
These and other choices form the metadata that
others will use to select your LO from the BEN
and NSDL archives.
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Highlight all terms that would help someone find
your LO if they were wishing and searching
for something just like it. Consider if parts
might be used separately and create links for
those, too.
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Recommend appropriate educational levels for your
LO.
Highlight, then Add. Remember, several levels
may be appropriate.
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Try to imagine how other Teachers/students might
use your LO at the ages you selected. Select
all appropriate options. Highlight and Add.
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If you picked a K-12 age group and you know which
standard Your LO applies to, click add and select
it. Otherwise, leave this blank.
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If there are restrictions on the use of this LO,
say so here. I usually recommend that the author
be acknowledged.
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A short movie, syllabus, lab, exam or other
single item would go here
Groups of things with no order go here
Groups with an order go here
Your class web page goes here
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If you are submitting several LOs that work
together (such as a lab, study guide and quiz),
link them together here.
If your LO builds on someone elses, link them
together here.
If you (or others) have published on this LO,
say so here.
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Yeah! Youre done, unless you would like to
change anything. If so, do it now.
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To get your LO shifted into the LEADER archive,
send me an email with your title or LO number.
darnell_at_email.arizona.edu
Ill send it to 2 reviewers and let you know
their comments. Accepted LOs become
peer-reviewed, online publications.
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"Never believe that a few caring people can't
change the world. For, indeed, that's all who
ever have." Margaret Mead

• Thank you for submitting your LO to the SDB
  LEADER archive.

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Reviewers Evaluating LOs look for
Scientific Accuracy
Sufficient LO narrative (could others use it
correctly?)
Background/supportive sources listed
Educational Relevancy
Pedagogical Effectiveness
Appropriate animal use and care instructions
Technical details (grammar, links okay?)
Appropriate metadata
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Become a Reviewer!!!

• Be the first to see great new LOs!
• Help out other educators and students!
• Expand your national service to SDB!

Send me an email (darnell_at_email.arizona.edu) with
your name, department, institution, phone number
and areas of expertise/interest.
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How to use BEN with your Class?

• Go to www.biosciednet.org

Sign in (for tracking) Put in key words
level Or other metadata
Browse the LOs that fit
Pick one and check it out!