K-12 Virtual Labs for Teaching the Science of Geochronology

用于教授地质年代学科学的 K-12 虚拟实验室

基本信息

批准号：
1035090
负责人：
Karen Viskupic
金额：
$ 14.99万
依托单位：
Boise State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-09-15 至 2014-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1035090&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
12 Virtual Labs Teaching Science

项目摘要

A research team composed of geoscientists and instructional design and educational technology specialists at Boise State University is developing a series of virtual learning activities to teach the science of geochronology, which is defined to include an understanding not only of the vastness of geologic time, but how the geologic time scale is defined, and why knowing the ages of Earth events is important. The curriculum is being designed in partnership with the Idaho Digital Learning Academy for implementation and evaluation in their on-line Earth Science courses but will be available nationwide to students and teachers through digital libraries of teaching resources. In cooperation with the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, the following objectives are being met: 1) Development of a series of virtual labs and field experiences (learning objects) for use by middle and high school students that can be strung together as part of a comprehensive curriculum on the science of geochronology or used separately to focus on specific learning objectives defined for each activity; 2) Creation of the learning objects such that they are SCORM-compliant and can readily be used in learning management systems such as BlackBoard(R) and Moodle(R); 3) Training of teachers in the science of geochronology and the use of the learning objects; and 4) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the learning objects in meeting their educational objectives.

博伊西州立大学由地球科学家、教学设计和教育技术专家组成的研究团队正在开发一系列虚拟学习活动来教授地质年代学，其定义不仅包括了解地质时间的浩瀚，还包括了解地质年代学的知识。定义了地质时间尺度，以及为什么了解地球事件的年龄很重要。该课程是与爱达荷州数字学习学院合作设计的，用于在其在线地球科学课程中实施和评估，但将通过教学资源数字图书馆向全国范围内的学生和教师提供。通过与爱达荷州数字学习学院合作，我们实现了以下目标： 1) 开发一系列虚拟实验室和现场体验（学习对象），供中学生和高中生使用，这些虚拟实验室和现场体验（学习对象）可以串在一起作为综合性学习的一部分。地质年代学课程或单独使用以重点关注为每项活动确定的具体学习目标； 2) 创建学习对象，使其符合 SCORM 标准并可轻松用于 BlackBoard(R) 和 Moodle(R) 等学习管理系统； 3）对教师进行地质年代学和学习对象使用方面的培训； 4) 评估学习对象实现其教育目标的有效性。