Collaborative Research: A Field-Based Curriculum for Quantifying Deformation of the Earth's Surface with Lasers, GPS and Cameras

合作研究：利用激光、GPS 和相机量化地球表面变形的实地课程

• 批准号: 1611974
• 负责人: Bruce Douglas
• 金额: $ 6.75万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-15 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1611974&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Field; Based; Curriculum

There is a strong need for integration of geodesy into university geoscience instruction. Geodesy is the study of the size, shape, and mass of Earth and their changes with time. Recent developments in geodesy have revolutionized our understanding of Earth processes and produced discoveries of significant impact to society. Geodesy field techniques are particularly valuable for assessment of natural hazards and other geologic processes. In addition to scientific research, geodetic technologies can be applied to a wide variety of commercial and government sector applications. The primary goal of this project is to improve students' skills in using geodetic technologies through their integration into geoscience field education. Hands-on, field-based experiences provide a unique learning opportunity for students to explore phenomena directly. In this project, curriculum materials will be developed for instructors and students that will help them learn about a variety of geodesy field techniques. During this two-year project at least 240 undergraduate geoscience students will be directly impacted with that number growing to several thousand within five years due to training university faculty to incorporate the learning materials into their college classes.This project provides a pathway for faculty to effectively integrate geodetic technologies in field experiences. This project will significantly expand resources for undergraduate geoscience student learning of geodetic field methods, research the implementation of resources by faculty in field experiences, and develop a framework to scale to multiple technologies and reach multiple universities. This project will develop, test, and disseminate two learning modules featuring geodetic field methods relevant for a wide array of geoscience applications, and will include robust measure of student learning and dissemination of developed resources to faculty members in short courses, as well as research of faculty implementation. This collaboration between UNAVCO, Idaho State University and Indiana University brings together expertise in geodetic field methods, field instruction, curriculum design, and science education research. The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) will provide assessment consulting, research support, project evaluation, and website hosting. National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) will support dissemination. The learning modules will provide instructional faculty resources to teach geodetic technologies in ways that help students develop critical thinking and other skills necessary to succeed in applied and academic sciences. A second emphasis will be on training and dissemination including short courses for faculty members with both technical and pedagogical aspects, providing a pathway for improved teaching methods in the field and classroom. We will conduct research on the effective adoption of field education teaching materials created by someone else at five universities. Data collected during the implementation and testing of learning modules will contribute to the body of educational research by analyzing the process of adoption of curricular materials by instructors in diverse field settings. This research will aid the efficiency of future curriculum development through better understanding of instructor needs.

强烈需要将Geodesy整合到大学地球科学教学中。 Geodesy是对地球的大小，形状和质量及其随时间变化的研究。 Geodesy的最新发展彻底改变了我们对地球过程的理解，并产生了对社会产生重大影响的发现。地球场技术对于评估自然危害和其他地质过程特别有价值。除了科学研究外，大地技术还可以应用于各种商业和政府部门的应用。该项目的主要目标是通过将地球科学领域教育的整合来提高学生使用地球技术的技能。 基于现场的实践经验为学生提供了独特的学习机会，可以直接探索现象。在该项目中，将为讲师和学生开发课程材料，以帮助他们了解各种地理现场技术。在这个为期两年的项目中，由于培训大学教师将学习材料纳入他们的大学课程，至少有240名本科生的地球科学学生将直接影响到五年之内成千上万的人。该项目为教师提供了有效整合地理技术的途径。该项目将大大扩展本科生的地球科学学生学习测量现场方法的资源，研究教职员工在现场体验中实施资源，并开发一个框架以扩展到多种技术并进入多个大学。该项目将开发，测试和传播两个学习模块，这些学习模块具有与各种地球科学应用相关的大地测量现场方法，并将包括对学生学习的强大度量，并在短期课程中向教职员工进行开发的资源以及教师实施研究。 UNAVCO，爱达荷州立大学和印第安纳大学之间的这种合作汇集了地球场方法，现场教学，课程设计和科学教育研究方面的专业知识。科学教育资源中心（SERC）将提供评估咨询，研究支持，项目评估和网站托管。全国地球科学教师协会（NAGT）将支持传播。 学习模块将提供教学教师资源，以帮助学生发展批判性思维和其他技能，以取得应用和学术科学的成功。第二个重点将放在培训和传播上，包括针对具有技术和教学方面的教职员工的简短课程，为改善现场和教室的教学方法提供了途径。我们将对五所大学其他人创建的有效采用现场教育教材进行研究。在实施和测试学习模块期间收集的数据将通过分析不同现场环境中的讲师采用课程材料的过程来为教育研究的体系做出贡献。这项研究将通过更好地了解讲师需求来帮助未来课程开发的效率。