Integrating GPS and LIDAR Into Geoscience Education

将 GPS 和 LIDAR 融入地球科学教育

基本信息

批准号：
1243582
负责人：
Guoquan Wang
金额：
$ 16.82万
依托单位：
University of Houston
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1243582&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Integrating GPS LIDAR Into Geoscience

项目摘要

The project is integrating two geodetic technologies--Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)--into the undergraduate geoscience curriculum by 1) creating a new upper-level applications course at the University of Houston, 2) augmenting an existing field-methods course at the Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association field camp with GPS and LiDAR applications, and 3) conducting professional-development workshops for college faculty to incorporate GPS and LiDAR into their own courses at different levels of the curriculum. The pedagogical approach scaffolds inquiry-based cases and uses freely available online software to overcome complex data-processing challenges, allowing students to focus on applications and problem-solving. Project assessment is addressing the efficacy of the curriculum on undergraduate learning of high-precision GPS and LiDAR methodologies, the extent to which GPS and LiDAR integration augments geoscience problem solving more broadly, and effective strategies for faculty development to incorporate GPS and LiDAR into other undergradaute geoscience courses.The intellectual merit of the project lies in its infusion of cutting-edge high-precision technologies, increasingly used by geoscience professionals, into the undergraduate curriculum for application to a host of compelling geoscience topics. Broader impacts include professional development and dissemination of four modules which, together with the underlying strategies, enable use at other institutions and/or levels of the curriculum. The project also uses GPS and LiDAR to increase engagement and impart workforce-relevant skills to geoscience majors, including a high proportion of students from underrepresented minorities at the University of Houston.

该项目将两种大地测量技术——全球定位系统（GPS）和光探测与测距（LiDAR）——整合到本科生地球科学课程中，方法是：1）在休斯顿大学创建新的高级应用课程，2）增强黄石大角研究协会野外营地现有的关于 GPS 和 LiDAR 应用的野外方法课程，以及 3) 为大学教师举办专业发展研讨会，将 GPS 和 LiDAR 纳入他们自己不同级别的课程中课程。这种教学方法构建基于探究的案例，并使用免费提供的在线软件来克服复杂的数据处理挑战，使学生能够专注于应用和解决问题。项目评估正在解决本科生学习高精度 GPS 和 LiDAR 方法的课程效果、GPS 和 LiDAR 集成在多大程度上更广泛地增强地球科学问题解决能力，以及将 GPS 和 LiDAR 纳入其他本科课程的教师发展的有效策略地球科学课程。该项目的智力优势在于它将越来越多地被地球科学专业人员使用的尖端高精度技术融入到本科课程中，以应用于一系列引人注目的地球科学主题。更广泛的影响包括四个模块的专业发展和传播，这些模块与基本策略一起可以在其他机构和/或课程级别使用。该项目还使用 GPS 和 LiDAR 来提高地球科学专业学生的参与度并传授与劳动力相关的技能，其中包括休斯顿大学来自代表性不足的少数族裔的学生。