smithsonian digital learning resources project

Digital Learning Resources for and by

21st-Century Educators

Darren Milligan, Michelle Smith, Melissa Wadman

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

August 9, 2012

Photo by Flickr user Herr_Bert, used under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license

What Do Our Users Need?

Photo by Flickr user felix388, used under a CC BY-ND 2.0 license

Photo by Flickr user Angela de Março, used under a CC BY-NC- 2.0 license

“We have ambitious plans to use new technologies to reach new audiences. … We have much to offer students and teachers in art, science, history, education, and culture. We want to give learners of all ages access to America’s treasures and our creative experts who bring them to life”

–G. Wayne CloughLearning Registry Launch, July 22, 2010

“We have ambitious plans to use new technologies to reach new audiences. … We have much to offer students and teachers in art, science, history, education, and culture. We want to give learners of all ages access to America’s treasures, our creative experts who bring them to life,” and enable these audiences to use our content to improve their lives.

–G. Wayne Clough and Darren Milligan

$$$Youth Access Grant

Phase 1 Teacher engagement

(recruiting) and research

Phase 2 Assessment, inquiry, and prototype development

Photo by Joe Hobson

http://prezi.com/rpivswlr1jus/scems-prototypes/?auth_key=930463102e3bacd7be8a1ce8c33bf08c284ed167

Phase 3 Prototype testing

and iteration

Photos by Joe Hobson

http://scems.navnorth.com

Phase 4 Deliverables

and next steps

smithsonian-digital-learning.wikispaces.com

Thank you.Darren Milligan

milligand@si.edu

Melissa Wadmanwadmanm@si.edu

smithsonianeducation.org@smithsonianedu