Collaborative Research: Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education (GEODE)

协作研究：用于现场和远程教育的 Google 地球 (GEODE)

• 批准号: 1323468
• 负责人: Kristen St John
• 金额: $ 70.01万
• 依托单位: James Madison University
• 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 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Google; Earth; Onsite

This collaborative project builds on prior work to expand, augment and disseminate geoscience learning resources based on the affordances of the Google Earth virtual globe. Components of the project include 1) development of a suite of globally distributed interactive virtual fields trips which add high-resolution gigapixel panoramic images, virtual outcrops and specimens, and automated grading to the Google Earth base, 2) using the Earth Engine API to integrate large geoscience datasets into the virtual globe, enabling additional forms of inquiry-based learning and undergraduate research, 3) expanding toolkits, including mobile apps, to enable a broader range of faculty and students to contribute crowd-sourced data and educational resources to an online repository, 4) conducting face-to-face and online faculty professional-development workshops to promote use, and 5) assessing dissemination efforts and student learning gains through a combination of surveys, clickstream data and pre-/post-tests. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its ability to leverage user-friendly, cutting-edge virtual-globe and gigapixel-imaging technology to engage students in an array of learning activities and virtual settings. Assessment is combining discrete collection of data through surveys and pre- and post-tests with more-continuous clickstream data to provide insights into how students learn in such virtual environments. The broader impacts of the project include 1) its applicability across a wide range of institutions, both as formal course assignments and for ancillary use in and beyond the undergraduate geoscience curriculum, 2) extensive faculty professional development using face-to-face, webinar and group-video-conferencing approaches, 3) materials development specifically for pre-service science teachers, and 4) provision of access for mobility-impaired students, as well as those with work or family commitments which limit participation in actual field trips.

该合作项目建立在之前的工作基础上，旨在扩展、增强和传播基于 Google 地球虚拟地球功能的地球科学学习资源。该项目的组成部分包括 1) 开发一套全球分布式交互式虚拟实地考察，其中添加高分辨率十亿像素全景图像、虚拟露头和标本，以及对 Google 地球基地的自动分级，2) 使用 Earth Engine API 进行集成大型地球科学数据集进入虚拟世界，从而实现其他形式的基于探究的学习和本科生研究，3）扩展工具包，包括移动应用程序，使更广泛的教师和学生能够向在线贡献众包数据和教育资源存储库，4) 举办面对面和在线教师专业发展研讨会以促进使用，以及 5) 通过调查、点击流数据和前/后测试相结合来评估传播工作和学生的学习成果。该项目的智力优势在于它能够利用用户友好的尖端虚拟地球仪和十亿像素成像技术让学生参与一系列学习活动和虚拟环境。评估将通过调查和前后测试收集的离散数据与更连续的点击流数据相结合，以深入了解学生如何在此类虚拟环境中学习。该项目更广泛的影响包括 1) 它在广泛的机构中的适用性，既可以作为正式课程作业，也可以在本科地球科学课程内外的辅助使用，2) 通过面对面、网络研讨会和其他方式进行广泛的教师专业发展。小组视频会议方法，3）专门为职前科学教师开发材料，4）为行动不便的学生以及因工作或家庭原因而限制参加实际实地考察的学生提供访问机会。