Sigma Xi / A*DEC Town Meeting on Reform in Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology

Sigma Xi / A*DEC 关于科学、数学、工程和技术本科教育改革的城镇会议

• 批准号: 9707194
• 负责人: Thomas Malone
• 金额: $ 3.32万
• 依托单位: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-03-01 至 1998-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9707194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sigma; Xi; DEC; Town; Meeting

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, in partnership with the A*DEC Distance Learning Consortium, proposed to organize and conduct a "Town Meeting" videoconference of individuals and institutions to promote further development of the comprehensive and self-sustaining reform in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology recommended in a recent report to the NSF Directorate in Education and Human Resources. The major objectives of the project are: 1) to bring the central thrust of the NSF report to the attention of a broad segment of research and comprehensive universities, community colleges, governmental and industrial laboratories, and the varied constituencies of all these institutions; 2) to generate an informed discussion of the report's analysis and recommendations by knowledgeable individuals at these institutions, legislators, and members of governing boards; 3) to illustrate by a few selected case studies opportunities for educational reform in these promising directions. The format of the Town Meeting will be adapted from Town Meeting videoconferences sponsored by the Sigma Xi/A*DEC partnership in 1995 and 1996. The program will originate in the television studio on the campus of North Carolina State University in late March or early April 1997 and will be uplinked to 2 redundant satellites for downlink to 100 sites across North America. Interaction between the program participants at the Raleigh location and the downlink participants will be facilitated through 800-telecommunications links (phone and fax) and by e-mail. It is projected that the program and discussion will involve more than 2000 faculty, students, administrators, and members of the general public. Following the 1.5 hour discussion program, participants will be asked to evaluate the format of the program and discussion using an evaluation form that will be provided at each site and may be accessed on the Sigma Xi Web site, as well. A follow-up summary and an alysis of the evaluations will be conducted and made available to interested parties. A 30-minute edited videotape will be made available for distribution and later use by individuals and groups to promote continued discussion of the report.

科学研究学会Sigma XI与A*DEC距离学习联盟合作，提议组织和举办个人和机构的“城镇会议”视频会议，以促进科学，数学中的全面和自我维持的改革的进一步发展，在向NSF教育和人力资源局的最新报告中推荐的工程和技术。 该项目的主要目的是：1）将NSF报告的中心推向大量研究和综合大学，社区学院，政府和工业实验室以及所有这些机构的各种选区的关注； 2）在这些机构，立法者和理事委员会成员的知识渊博的个人对报告的分析和建议中进行了明智的讨论； 3）用这些有希望的方向的一些选定的案例研究机会来说明教育改革的机会。 该镇会议的格式将根据Sigma XI/A*Dec Partnership于1995年和1996年赞助的镇上会议的视频会议进行调整。该计划将源自3月下旬或4月初的北卡罗来纳州立大学校园的电视工作室1997年，将向2个冗余卫星上线，以便下行到北美的100个地点。 Raleigh地点的计划参与者与下行链路参与者之间的互动将通过800个电信链接（电话和传真）以及电子邮件来促进。 预计该计划和讨论将涉及2000多名教职员工，学生，管理员和公众。 在1.5小时的讨论计划之后，将要求参与者使用评估表格评估该计划的格式和讨论，该表格将在每个站点提供，并且也可以在Sigma XI网站上访问。 将进行后续摘要和评估的分析，并提供给感兴趣的各方。 将提供30分钟的编辑录像带，以供个人和团体分发，以后使用该报告的持续讨论。