Metadocuments as Communicative Artifact to Enable Use of a Research Digital Library in Undergraduate SMET Education

为支持研究团体的活动而建立的数字图书馆包含与本科SMET教育直接相关的材料。然而，它的组织结构反映了研究团体建立的惯例，而不是本科生的需求。该项目正在研究和开发软件工具，以组织和情境化研究数字图书馆中的信息，以便更好地反映本科学习者的需求和教师的教学目标。该项目使用“路径”或“导游”的比喻为这些组织和上下文工具。演示使用“图尔斯”的内容试验平台是一个基于Web的材料的大机构，最初集中在基于WWW的植物区系学，最近扩展到包括昆虫学材料。该工具的开发扩展了以前对K-12教室中路径应用的调查，包括创建更复杂的结构，统称为元文档。

A digital library constructed in support of a research community's activities contains material of direct relevance to undergraduate SMET education. However, its organizational structure reflects the conventions established by the research community, not the needs of the undergraduate student. This project is researching and developing software tools to organize and contextualize information in a research digital library so that it may better reflect the needs of undergraduate learners and the pedagogical goals of faculty. The project uses the metaphor of a "path" or "guided tour" for these organizing and contextualizing tools. The content testbed on which the use of "guided tours" is being demonstrated is a large body of Web-based material centered initially on WWW-based floristics and extended recently to include entomological materials. The tool development extends previous investigations into the application of paths in K-12 classrooms to include the creation of more complex structures, collectively known as metadocuments.