Collaborative Research: Geodesy curriculum for the 21st century, innovative science for addressing societally critical issues

合作研究：21世纪的大地测量课程，解决社会关键问题的创新科学

• 批准号: 1244977
• 负责人: Rebecca Walker
• 金额: $ 3.75万
• 依托单位: Mount San Antonio College
• 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: 2013-07-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1244977&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Geodesy; curriculum; 21st

This project is a collaborative effort among a university consortium, community college, university, STEM education center, and geoscience professional organization to develop, test, and disseminate undergraduate teaching resources that incorporate recent and exciting advances in geodesy (the science of measuring and monitoring the size, shape and distribution of mass on Earth). Curricular development emphasizes societally relevant modules (e.g., earthquake and landslide hazards, water resources), which feature authentic data from such geodetic sources as land-based global positioning systems (GPS), satellite-based gravity and topographic measurements with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution, and aerial light-detection-and-ranging (LiDAR) surveys. Modules developed for both introductory and advanced geoscience courses are undergoing rigorous assessment and revision at a range of institutions. Dissemination to the broader geoscience-education community includes workshops, webinars and web-accessible modules and a developer's manual.The intellectual merit of this project lies in its compelling rationale for the need of high-quality educational materials, currently not available in textbooks or laboratory manuals, which merge recent geodesy-related advances and insights with societally relevant cases. The project team leverages the diverse expertise of the partnering institutions and organizations in geodesy content, in research-informed pedagogy and assessment, and in effective approaches to dissemination. Broader impacts include the diverse range of students and institutions involved, ensuring both direct benefits during materials development and high potential for widespread adoption, aided by proactive and effective dissemination pathways. Incorporation of geodesy principles and methods in the undergraduate curriculum also enhances quantitative skills, aids workforce development in this rapidly growing area, and enhances basic earth-science literacy.

该项目是大学财团，社区学院，大学，STEM教育中心和地球科学专业组织之间的合作努力，用于开发，测试和传播本科教学资源，融合了Geodesy的最新和令人兴奋的进步（测量和监测的科学地球上质量的大小，形状和分布）。课程发展强调与社会相关的模块（例如，地震和滑坡危害，水资源），这些模块具有来自诸如陆基全球定位系统（GPS），基于卫星的重力和地形测量的地形来源的真实数据，并具有前所未有的空间和时间分辨率，以及空中检测和距离（LIDAR）调查。为入门和高级地球科学课程开发的模块正在进行一系列机构的严格评估和修订。向更广泛的地球科学教育社区传播包括研讨会，网络研讨会和网络访问模块以及开发人员的手册。该项目的知识分子优点在于其引人注目的理由是需要高质量的教育材料，目前在教科书或实验室中不可用手册，将最近与土工质有关的进步和见解与社会相关案例合并。项目团队利用合作机构和组织的各种专业知识，在研究知识的教学法和评估以及有效的传播方法中。更广泛的影响包括所涉及的各种学生和机构，以确保材料开发期间的直接利益和在积极有效的传播途径的帮助下，既有材料开发的直接利益，又确保了广泛采用的高潜力。在本科课程中纳入地理原理和方法还提高了定量技能，在这个快速增长的领域中的劳动力发展，并增强了基本的地球科学素养。