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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.

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.

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 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.

Year 2 Plan
A strategic planning document outlining SERC's Compass initiative for 2022–2023, detailing goals to improve cross-project teaching activity discovery, advance DEIJ resource support, strengthen partnerships, integrate accessibility workflows, and evaluate user behaviors through analytics and 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.

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 ...

Supporting Accessible Learning Resources
SERC is taking a multi-pronged approach to improving the accessibility of geoscience education resources as part of the Compass project. A key element is a new resource guide designed to get instructors up-to-speed ...

Compass Plan
Project plan page outlining SERC's 2024–2025 roadmap for advancing Earth education resource discovery through new Serckit features (user favorites, generative AI), discovery partnerships, evaluation efforts, dissemination strategies, workflow integration, and DEIJ initiatives. 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.

The SERC front page has been redesigned.
We dug deep into the data around historical use of our front page to understand how it could better support our visitors. This led to new front page structures that we hope will better guide users toward productive ...

Year 3 Plan
A project planning webpage outlining SERC's Compass initiative from spring 2023 to 2024, detailing goals in search engine optimization, cross-project navigation, partnerships, community engagement, and evaluation, with timelines and strategic priorities for improving 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.