Collaborative Research: Bringing Problem Solving in the Field into the Classroom: Developing and Assessing Virtual Field Trips for Teaching Sedimentary and Introductory Geology

合作研究：将现场解决问题带入课堂：开发和评估沉积学和入门地质学教学的虚拟实地考察

• 批准号: 1044257
• 负责人: Ping Wang
• 金额: $ 17.27万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1044257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Bringing; Problem; Solving; Collaborative; Research; Bringing; Problem; Solving

The project is developing, implementing, and assessing new interactive field-based learning materials, in the form of virtual field trips, for teaching undergraduate sedimentary geology and introductory geology. The virtual field trips are being developed for advanced courses and for introductory courses and are based on actual field trips for an upper-level sedimentary geology course. Professional videographers are assisting with the filming, editing, and production of the virtual field trips. The PIs are collaboratively developing and testing the materials at the University of South Florida and at Hillsborough Community College. The inquiry-based teaching strategy that is being implemented is focusing on stimulating the interest of students and enhancing their ability to apply classroom knowledge, make scientific observations, and solve problems in a virtual field setting.A key issue associated with traditional field trips has been their limited ability to reach a large and diverse student population due to the substantial time, cost, and liability involved. Consequently, this project is integrating rapidly evolving web and visualization technologies to eliminate some of the obstacles to student participation, and the resultant virtual field trips are attempting to capture the essence of actual field trips with similar learning goals, exercises, and assignments. Strong formative and summative evaluation strategies are assessing both the project activities and the educational effectiveness of the virtual field trips, and include both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of student learning as a function of the virtual field experiences. As they are tested and refined, the virtual field trips are being disseminated through broadly used web portals utilized by geoscientists, and faculty training workshops at regional and national meetings are actively training others how to utilize the virtual field trips in geoscience courses across the United States.

该项目正在以虚拟实地考察的形式开发，实施和评估新的基于现场的学习材料，用于教学本科沉积地质和入门地质。 虚拟野外旅行是针对高级课程和入门课程开发的，是基于上层沉积地质课程的实际实地考察。专业的摄影师正在协助虚拟实地考察的拍摄，编辑和制作。 PIS正在南佛罗里达大学和希尔斯伯勒社区学院开发和测试材料。正在实施的基于询问的教学策略是集中于刺激学生的兴趣，并增强其应用课堂知识，进行科学观察并在虚拟现场设置中解决问题的能力。与传统实地考察相关的关键问题是他们由于涉及大量时间，成本，成本和责任而达到的大型和多样化的学生人数的能力有限。 因此，该项目正在整合迅速发展的网络和可视化技术，以消除学生参与的某些障碍，而随之而来的虚拟实地考察试图捕获具有相似学习目标，练习和作业的实际现场旅行的本质。 强大的形成性和总结性评估策略正在评估虚拟现场旅行的项目活动和教育有效性，并包括对学生学习的定性和定量评估，这是虚拟现场体验的函数。 当他们经过测试和精制时，虚拟实地考察正在通过地球科学家使用的广泛使用的网站传播，并且在地区和国家会议上的教职员工培训讲习班正在积极培训其他人如何利用美国各地地球科学课程中的虚拟实地考察。