E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education (E-MATE)

技术员教育电子书和移动应用程序 (E-MATE)

• 批准号: 1205113
• 负责人: Michael Qaissaunee
• 金额: $ 89.94万
• 依托单位: Brookdale Community College
• 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: 2012-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1205113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: books; Mobile; Apps; Technician; Education

A rapidly increasing number of students have strong connections with their mobile devices. To leverage this connection, this project is creating a generic framework for the development of e-books and mobile applications in STEM education. The framework is initially used to create e-books and mobile apps for Photonics and Networking courses in conjunction with content experts at two National ATE Centers of Excellence. The framework consists of templates, sample code, documentation and other materials that are enabling faculty and institutions to create their own e-books and mobile apps. The framework development is broad-based, covering iOS, Android, and web-based platforms for maximizing adoption. The two ATE Center partners work closely with the project's team to ensure the optimal integration of the best pedagogical approaches and technology to benefit student learning and to support faculty teaching using these new tools. Evaluation of the deliverables includes testing by both end users (students and faculty) and developers interested in using the project framework (other institutions), as well as assessing potential gains in student learning. The broader impact of the work is potentially substantial since users can download the e-books and mobile apps from the respective market places such as Apple's App Store, the Android Market, and amazon.com at much reduced costs than for traditional textbooks. Additional dissemination of the materials and framework is broad through the OP-TEC and ICT Centers, as well as a website and workshops, forums, and presentations at national conferences.

迅速增加的学生与移动设备有着牢固的联系。为了利用这种联系，该项目正在为开发STEM教育中的电子书和移动应用程序创建一个通用框架。该框架最初用于与两个国家Ate Exclect中心的内容专家共同创建用于光子学和网络课程的电子书和移动应用程序。该框架由模板，示例代码，文档和其他材料组成，这些材料使教职员工和机构能够创建自己的电子书和移动应用程序。框架开发基于广泛的基础，涵盖iOS，Android和基于Web的平台，以最大化采用。两人ATE Center合作伙伴与项目团队紧密合作，以确保最佳的教学方法和技术的最佳整合，以使学生学习有益于学生学习，并使用这些新工具来支持教师教学。对可交付成果的评估包括最终用户（学生和教师）的测试以及有兴趣使用项目框架（其他机构）的开发人员，以及评估学生学习中的潜在收益。这项工作的更广泛影响可能是巨大的，因为用户可以从苹果的App Store，Android Market和Amazon.com等各自的市场上下载电子书和移动应用，而成本要比传统教科书降低了。通过OP-TEC和ICT中心以及在国家会议上的网站和研讨会，论坛和演讲，对材料和框架的额外传播范围广泛。