A Workshop Proposal For Developing A DLESE Quality Assurance Plan, September 2004

该奖项支持召开一次研讨会，为地球系统教育数字图书馆资源的质量保证制定一项更全面、更综合的方法。这项工作将首先审查DLESE和其他国家STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)数字图书馆(NSDL)项目的现行质量保证政策，重点放在它们的设计、成本和有效性上。将对广泛的DLESE社区进行调查，以构建“高质量教育资源”的工作定义，并确定促进社区参与的质量保证方法。有了这些信息，一群社区成员将参与制定一项全面的稻草人计划。将召开一次研讨会，以就该计划达成共识，该计划将包括建议、政策和实施这些政策的具体程序，并将完成最后报告，提交给环境、环境和经济事务部指导委员会审议和最终批准。结果将是一套连贯的管理质量控制的政策和程序，代表了社会的共识。

This award supports the convening of a workshop to develop a plan for a more comprehensive, integrated approach to quality assurance of the Digital Library for Earth System Education's resources. The work will begin with a review of current quality assurance policies in DLESE and other National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Digital Library (NSDL) projects with a focus on their design, cost, and effectiveness. The broad DLESE community will be surveyed to construct a working definition of "a high quality educational resource" and identify approaches to quality assurance that would stimulate community participation. With this information in hand, a group of community members be entrained in developing a comprehensive strawman plan. A workshop to reach consensus on the plan, which will include recommendations, policies, and specific procedures for implementing those policies, will be convened and a final report completed and submitted to the DLESE Steering Committee for deliberation and ultimate approval. The result will be a coherent set of policies and procedures governing quality control that represents a consensus of the community.