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About Compass
About Compass is a project page detailing the Compass initiative's user-centered design approach to improving discoverability of Earth science education resources across SERC-hosted and partner websites, featuring its iterative design cycle, Community Discovery Advisors, NSF funding, and team of principal investigators driving the effort. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Year 1 Plan
A strategic planning document outlining SERC's Compass initiative from spring 2021 to 2022, detailing goals to improve resource discovery through enhanced navigation, search optimization, accessibility, community-focused curation, cross-project user scaffolding, external partnerships, and infrastructure upgrades, supported by research, evaluation, and usability testing. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Compass Community Discovery Advisors
Profile page listing the Community Discovery Advisors (CDAs) for the Compass project, detailing their professional backgrounds, institutional affiliations, research interests, and contributions to advancing Earth education resource discovery. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Compass: Advancing Earth Education Resource Discovery
Sean Fox, Carleton College
The Compass project page outlines an initiative to enhance discovery of high-quality Earth education resources by improving SERC's infrastructure, understanding educator search behaviors, and expanding access to partner-hosted materials, featuring updates on DEIJ resources, accessibility, navigation tools, and activity classification. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

2023 ESA - Symposium 25 - Leveraging Open Educational Resources for Inclusive and Effective Ecology Education
A resource page for ESA 2023 Symposium 25 that compiles presentations, slides, and materials from ecology education experts discussing open educational resources (OER), inclusive teaching practices, cyberinfrastructure, and faculty engagement, with links to OER platforms like QUBEShub, LibreTexts, and SERC. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Compass Feedback
A feedback submission page for the Compass project, an NSF-funded initiative aimed at improving resource discovery for Earth educators across SERC-hosted websites, soliciting user input on search experiences and desired features. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Experimental Synthetic Search
Experimental Synthetic Search is a restricted-access web page within the Compass platform for advancing Earth education resource discovery, requiring user login to interact with its synthetic search functionality, and featuring metadata tracking, analytics, and NSF-funded project attribution. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Discover Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Resources
The Compass project has developed a new search interface for finding SERC-hosted resources that support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in geoscience education. Through a new DEIJ vocabulary you can ...

New Earth Activity Search Interface
Through the Compass project we've developed a new search interface that allows you explore Earth-related teaching activities from over 100 different SERC-hosted projects.

For Team Members
Internal workspace portal for SERC team members providing access to the Community Discovery Advisor (CDA) and SERC Internal platforms, designed to support collaboration and resource management within the earth education community. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.