The NSDL Center for Sustaining Broader

Impacts

NSDL Center for Sustaining Broader Impacts

Mission:To support the NSDL community by coordinating resources, tools, information, and relationships that can enhance the quality, utility, and educational impact of NSDL projects, and ensure the long-term relevance and sustainability of the NSDL enterprise.

Goals and Strategies

Feedback

Kaye HoweDirector

PI Team

Susan Van GundyDeputy Director

Mary MarlinoEvaluation Director

Eileen McIlvainCommunications

Manager

Robert PayoOutreach Manager

Mike LubyScholarly Publishing

Consultant

Donna CummingsOffice Manager

Project TomorrowEducationalTechnologyConsultants

Digital Learning Sciences

Evaluation Team

CommunityAdvisors

Year 1 Priorities Implementing transition while

providing continuity Coordinating work with the TNS Redefining our scope through

community-informed priority setting

Promoting and advocating for NSDL as a Cyberlearning Platform

Year 1 Priorities …continued

Establishing updated communications processes with the community• Collaborative platforms• Newsletters, RSS• NSDL Annual Meeting• Quarterly web conferences• Surveying and reporting

Year 1 Priorities …continued

Building upon existing partnerships to grow usage and pursue sustainability• NSDL Project Partners• Other NSF programs (CCLI, ITEST,

Einstein Fellows, NRCEN, others)• SREB / GALILEO• Apple• NSTA Learning Center• Publishers• Library of Congress

Building upon existing products and services to put NSDL in the path of users

Year 1 Priorities …continued

Monitoring trends and emerging practices• STEM Education Trends• Scholarly Publishing Trends

– Mike Luby, Scholarly Publishing Consultant– OER as a focus

• Educational Technology Trends– Project Tomorrow, Educational Technology

Consultant– Trends reporting, marketing plans,

brokering relationships with ed tech vendors

• Effective and Emerging Practices– Monthly community web conferences

Year 1 Priorities …continued

Forming new processes to gather, analyze, and report a range of performance metrics and evaluation data• Outreach Campaigns• Establishing common metrics for

gathering and reporting usage data

Year 1 Priorities for Evaluation Develop common evaluation protocols

that can be shared across the Pathways and other projects

Audit collection content and growth

Collect usage metrics and user surveys

Provide a comprehensive report of our evaluation activities to the NSDL community