The Last Mile: Linking K-12 Educators with Cyber-enabled Learning Environments

最后一英里：将 K-12 教育工作者与网络学习环境联系起来

• 批准号: 0937630
• 负责人: Mimi Recker
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0937630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Last; Mile; Linking; 12; Educators

This project builds on Dr. Recker's past work in the area of enhancing technology integration into instructional development for teachers. The project uses the web-based teacher authoring tool, Instructional Architect (IA) and a technology-oriented teacher professional development model, called DLConnect. Together, these help K-12 teachers in creating classroom activities for their students using online learning resources found in the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and on the web. The current project substantially revises the IA tool and enhances the DLConnect teacher professional development (TPD) model to help teachers integrate NSDL resources with effective, inquiry-oriented pedagogical practices. A rigorous research program examines and evaluates the impact of this model on teachers' and their students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward technology-oriented instruction. Quantitative and qualitative research methods are used to assess and evaluate research outcomes. Quantitative methods use quasi-experimental studies to compare the inquiry-oriented TPD with the existing, technology-oriented TPD model. Qualitative methods use in-depth case studies to help explain results. This project supports teachers in crossing the 'last mile' between producers of online resources and the teachers who use them.

该项目建立在 Recker 博士过去在加强技术融入教师教学发展领域的工作基础上。 该项目使用基于网络的教师创作工具Instructional Architect (IA) 和面向技术的教师专业发展模型DLConnect。这些工具共同帮助 K-12 教师使用国家科学数字图书馆 (NSDL) 和网络上的在线学习资源为学生创建课堂活动。当前的项目大幅修改了 IA 工具并增强了 DLConnect 教师专业发展 (TPD) 模型，以帮助教师将 NSDL 资源与有效的、以探究为导向的教学实践相结合。严格的研究计划检查和评估该模型对教师及其学生对技术导向型教学的知识、态度和行为的影响。定量和定性研究方法用于评估和评价研究结果。定量方法使用准实验研究来比较探究导向的 TPD 与现有的、技术导向的 TPD 模型。定性方法使用深入的案例研究来帮助解释结果。该项目支持教师跨越在线资源生产者和使用资源的教师之间的“最后一英里”。