Targeted Infusion Project: Expanding Educational Cyber-Infrastructure at Delaware State University

有针对性的注入项目：扩大特拉华州立大学的教育网络基础设施

• 批准号: 1434978
• 负责人: Andrew Lloyd
• 金额: $ 39.99万
• 依托单位: Delaware State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1434978&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Expanding; Educational

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. Delaware State University will implement a project entitled: Expanding Educational Cyber-Infrastructure at Delaware State University. The project aims to integrate cyberlearning strategies into the biology curriculum to improve instruction and increase student achievement, retention and graduation in STEM fields. Project objectives include expanding the institution's distance learning infrastructure; adapting cyberlearning approaches to enhance biology instruction; and adapting the technology-supported inverted classroom student-centered approach to teaching. In an inverted classroom, learning activities that are normally carried out inside the classroom, such as lecturing, take place outside of class, and learning activities that are normally completed at home, such as solving problems and applying the course concepts in homework assignments, become the focus of in-class work. This approach has been shown to be a powerful and empowering mode of instruction for all types of learners. Redesigned biology classes will have students doing the lower levels of cognitive work such as gaining knowledge and comprehension outside of class, and focusing on the higher forms of cognitive work such as application, analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation in class, where they have the support of their peers and instructor. A teaching approach that allows students to access course content in the same way that they access content related to their personal interests has the potential to increase their engagement with the material, while being able to control the pace and timing of their access can give them ownership of their learning. Educational literature has demonstrated that students learn best when they are active, engaged and learning for a purpose. The project will assess the efficacy of this course delivery model for supporting student learning and course performance over a wide variety of courses and instructors. If the project yields positive outcomes in student learning and course success with inverted versions of the biology courses from the introductory to the advanced level, it will provide a powerful model for STEM departments on campus and at other HBCUs.

历史悠久的黑人学院大学本科课程（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，以便他们可以从事STEM研究生课程和/或职业。特拉华州立大学将在特拉华州立大学实施一个标题：扩大教育网络基金会的项目。该项目旨在将网络学习策略整合到生物学课程中，以改善教学并提高学生在STEM领域的成就，保留和毕业。 项目目标包括扩大机构的远程学习基础设施；调整网络学习方法以增强生物学教学；并适应以技术为基础的教室以学生为中心的教学方法。在一个倒置的教室中，通常在课堂内进行的学习活动，例如在课堂外进行，以及通常在家中完成的学习活动，例如解决问题并将课程概念应用于家庭作业，成为课堂工作的重点。这种方法已被证明是所有类型的学习者的强大而有能力的教学方式。 重新设计的生物学课程将使学生从事较低水平的认知工作，例如在班级之外获得知识和理解，并专注于较高形式的认知工作，例如在课堂上的应用，分析，综合和/或评估，在这些工作中得到同伴和讲师的支持。 一种使学生以与访问与个人利益相关的内容相同的方式访问课程内容的教学方法有可能增加与材料的参与，同时能够控制访问的步伐和时间，这可以使他们拥有学习的所有权。教育文献表明，当学生活跃，参与并出于目的学习时，他们的学习最佳。该项目将评估该课程交付模型的功效，以支持学生学习和课程表现在各种课程和讲师上。如果该项目通过从入门到高级级别的生物学课程的倒转版本中取得了积极的成果，它将为校园和其他HBCUS的STEM部门提供强大的模型。