[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35889-35890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15800]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection:
Museums for Digital Learning Program Evaluation
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the
following information collection has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. By this notice, IMLS is
soliciting comments concerning the forms and instructions for the
program evaluation for the Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) Project
for the next three years.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to the office listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below on or before August 25, 2019.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that help the agency to:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses).
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ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Sandra Webb, Director of Grant
Policy and Management, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955
L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr.
Webb can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-4718 Fax: 202-653-4608, or by
email at [email protected], or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with
hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Institute of Museum and Library Services
is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and
museums. We advance, support, and empower America's museums, libraries,
and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy
development. Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work
together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To
learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) is a
project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
that seeks to identify and test new ways that digitized museum
collections can be made available in the form of engaging digital
educational resources via a pilot digital platform to educators around
the country seeking to engage their students with all subjects. This
two-year project is being led by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at
Newfields in collaboration with two museum content partners--The Field
Museum and History Colorado and a team of K-12 educators. Once the
pilot suite of online products has been created by the project team,
they will be tested in the classrooms of the ten educational partners.
Testing and validation of the content contribution approach and
standard templates to the pilot platform will be conducted with a
cohort of up to ten additional museums of various sizes and
disciplines.
This project aligns with IMLS's strategic goal and priorities of
building the digital capacity of the sector. MDL will catalyze and
empower museums to come together and create a national model with a
shared vision to thoughtfully assess some of the critical gaps in the
current platforms and digital access/use models, and then leverage the
power of a shared digital platform to provide easy-to-access,
interdisciplinary, and dynamic content from museums in digital format
for educators and students.
The project will benefit the national education sector by providing
a model for museums to collaborate as a sector with educators and
engaging them not just as users of museum content and services, but as
co-creators and co-facilitators of student learning; a suite of
curriculum enhancing and student-centric digital collections-based
educational resources; and an opportunity to pilot-test and improve the
resources from the formative evaluation to better meet the needs of the
nation's learners.
The product and process evaluation of the MDL project will be
completed by a third party evaluator with experience in evaluating
digital education platforms produced by the cultural heritage
community. The process evaluation aspect will assess the overall
planning and implementation of the collaborative model of MDL between
the partner museums and the educators, as well as the effectiveness of
the training and ease of content contribution of the ten additional
museums. Much of the front-end and user experience design of the MDL
platform will be formed through the collaboration and co-creation
process between the cooperator, lead museum content partners, and the
team of educators. The product evaluation will assess the ease of
access and educational value of the collections-based digital education
products for educators and students.
This action is to create the overall evaluation plan, survey and
data collection instruments and instructions for the various evaluation
techniques to be used at different points in the development and
implementation of the MDL pilot initiative for the next two years.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: Museums for Digital Learning Project Evaluation.
OMB Number: 3137-TBD.
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Museum staff, teachers.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 65 hours.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: N/A.
Total Annual costs: $1,755.
Dated: July 22, 2019.
Kim Miller,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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