Collaborative Proposal: CI-TEAM DIFFUSION: PORTAL, Pedagogical Open-access Research-based Tools for Advancing Learning in Science and Engineering

合作提案：CI-TEAM DIFFUSION：门户网站、基于研究的开放式教学工具，促进科学与工程学习

• 批准号: 1135578
• 负责人: Sacha Kopp
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1135578&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; CI; TEAM; DIFFUSION

Peer Instruction (PI) is a robust, research-based pedagogy (RBP) that has leveraged the power of cyberinfrastructure to advance learning in SE (S & E) education in unprecedented ways. It is a technology-driven pedagogy that has spread throughout each of the STEM disciplines, and into the social sciences and humanities. More than 400 known instructors, who have taught more than 50,000 students, use PI in classrooms all over the world and it is a evidence-based method supported by more than 15 years of research. Evidence indicates that effective implementation of PI correlates with statistically significant positive learning outcomes in STEM, most importantly -- addressing persistence issues pertaining to the educational experience of underrepresented minorities. These outcomes are encouraging, but RBPs such as PI require effective implementation in order to achieve actual improvements in the way SE students learn. Recent RBP implementation research indicates that instructors vary in how they use PI, often rendering it ineffective. Present RBP dissemination methods do not adequately train instructors to effectively incorporate RBPs into their classrooms and achieve desired outcomes. A centralized RBP diffusion mechanism should prevent such misapplications. This CI-TEAM Diffusion project is a collaboration between Harvard University and the University of Texas, Austin. The developers of PI and the management of an extant UT-Austin $3.5 million initiative to integrate RBPs into an additional extant multi-million dollar UT cyberlearning initiative in the sciences called Quest, are developing a centralized, open-source RBP diffusion cyberhub: PORTAL, Pedagogical Open-access Research-based Tools for Advancing Learning in Science and Engineering. PORTAL is building the Quest framework, which was written using open source tools (Ruby). The vision of this project is to offer a centralized and free cyberhub for the diffusion of RBPs through 10 Computer-Based Trainings (CBTs) grounded in cognitive science and human-computer interaction theory, and three Summer Institutes targeting faculty and faculty developers at Harvard University, UT-Austin, the entire UT System, and then on a national and international scale. PORTAL leverages established partnerships and prior NSF investments to achieve the following outcomes: 1) a new, highly-diverse generation of cyber-ready science, computational science, and engineering workers expertly trained to use and innovate cyberresources and tools; 2) Broadened participation among underrepresented minorities in high technology careers; 3) novel cyber-innovations, developed by the full pool of national talent, that transform how we live in the world; and ultimately 4) increased national science and engineering competitiveness. BROADER IMPACT:The key objective of PORTAL is to broaden participation in SE and as such, to open pathways for the next generation of our high-technology workforce, with an eye toward ensuring that the full talent pool of computational science students and engineers are cyberready when they hit the job market. By achieving proposed benchmarks, the project will nurture greater diversity in science -related programs and careers using instructional methods proven to improve engagement in subject-matter and academic performance, retention, and subject-matter knowledge in STEM among all students, including women and racial minorities. Towards meeting this goal, this team has included a broadening participation specialist on the project management team and has developed a deployment site at the largest public institution in the United States with one of the highest-underrepresented minority-serving profiles. INTELLECTUAL MERIT: This is unique as a project seeking to transform educational experiences for SE students by leveraging the cyberinfrastructure to diffuse RBPs to a broad, diverse, large-scale population through CBTs. PORTAL provides a novel, low-cost alternative for institutions striving to implement effective teaching and learning reform in SE education, but unable to commit the personnel or institutional restructuring required for higher-threshold initiatives. Moreover, PORTAL harnesses an established educational transformation initiative and cyberinfrastructure at UT-Austin and two decades of experiences by leading RBP developers who have engaged in some of the most widespread pedagogical dissemination efforts in the national STEM education reform movement. Finally, all project efforts are managed by an experienced educational researcher and grounded in research on effective dissemination, interactive teaching, human-computer interaction theory, cognitive science, and learning theory.

同伴指导 (PI) 是一种强大的、基于研究的教学法 (RBP)，它利用网络基础设施的力量以前所未有的方式推进 SE (S & E) 教育的学习。它是一种技术驱动的教学法，已遍及 STEM 的各个学科，并渗透到社会科学和人文学科。超过 400 名知名教师教授了 50,000 多名学生，他们在世界各地的课堂上使用 PI，这是一种经过超过 15 年研究支持的循证方法。有证据表明，PI 的有效实施与 STEM 中统计上显着的积极学习成果相关，最重要的是——解决与代表性不足的少数群体教育经历相关的持续性问题。这些结果令人鼓舞，但 PI 等 RBP 需要有效实施，才能真正改善 SE 学生的学习方式。最近的 RBP 实施研究表明，教师使用 PI 的方式各不相同，常常导致其无效。目前的 RBP 传播方法没有充分培训教师如何有效地将 RBP 纳入课堂并取得预期成果。集中的 RBP 扩散机制应该可以防止此类误用。这个 CI-TEAM Diffusion 项目是哈佛大学和德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校之间的合作项目。 PI 的开发者和现有 UT-Austin 耗资 350 万美元计划的管理人员正在开发一个集中式、开源的 RBP 传播网络中心：PORTAL，该计划旨在将 RBP 整合到另一个现有的、耗资数百万美元的 UT 科学网络学习计划 Quest 中。用于促进科学和工程学习的开放获取研究型教学工具。 PORTAL 正在构建 Quest 框架，该框架是使用开源工具 (Ruby) 编写的。该项目的愿景是通过 10 个基于认知科学和人机交互理论的计算机培训 (CBT) 以及三个针对哈佛大学教师和教师开发人员的暑期学院，提供一个集中且免费的网络中心，用于传播 RBP 、 UT-奥斯汀分校、整个 UT 系统，然后在国内和国际范围内。 PORTAL 利用已建立的合作伙伴关系和之前的 NSF 投资来实现以下成果：1) 新一代高度多样化的网络就绪科学、计算科学和工程工作者，接受过使用和创新网络资源和工具的专业培训； 2) 扩大代表性不足的少数群体对高科技职业的参与； 3）由全国人才开发的新颖的网络创新，改变了我们在世界上的生活方式；最终4）提高国家科学和工程竞争力。更广泛的影响：PORTAL 的主要目标是扩大对 SE 的参与，从而为下一代高科技劳动力开辟道路，着眼于确保计算科学学生和工程师的全部人才库做好网络准备当他们进入就业市场时。通过实现拟议的基准，该项目将使用经证明可以提高所有学生（包括女性和种族学生）对 STEM 主题和学术表现、保留率和主题知识的参与度的教学方法，培育科学相关项目和职业的更大多样性。少数民族。为了实现这一目标，该团队在项目管理团队中纳入了一名扩大参与的专家，并在美国最大的公共机构（该机构是少数族裔服务代表性不足的机构之一）开发了一个部署站点。智力优势：这是一个独特的项目，旨在利用网络基础设施通过 CBT 将 RBP 传播到广泛、多样化、大规模的人群，从而改变 SE 学生的教育体验。 PORTAL 为努力在 SE 教育中实施有效教学改革但无法进行更高门槛举措所需的人员或机构重组的机构提供了一种新颖、低成本的替代方案。此外，PORTAL 利用了 UT-Austin 已建立的教育转型计划和网络基础设施，以及领先的 RBP 开发人员二十年的经验，这些开发人员参与了国家 STEM 教育改革运动中一些最广泛的教学传播工作。最后，所有项目工作均由经验丰富的教育研究人员管理，并以有效传播、互动教学、人机交互理论、认知科学和学习理论的研究为基础。