Online Professional Development for Exploring Computer Science

探索计算机科学的在线专业发展

基本信息

批准号：
1640117
负责人：
Joyce Malyn-Smith
金额：
$ 99.89万
依托单位：
Education Development Center
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：
2016-10-01 至 2022-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1640117&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Online Professional Development Exploring Computer

项目摘要

The Education Development Center proposes a project to develop online professional development (PD) workshops that will prepare a larger and more diverse group of high school teachers to implement the successful Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum, thereby making ECS accessible to a larger and more diverse group of students. Currently ECS PD requires a week of face-to-face training in each of two consecutive summers, in addition, it requires four quarterly in-person ECS workshops during the academic year. Many teachers, particularly those in rural areas, are not able to attend those workshops. This project--ECS PD Online--will provide a much-needed alternative to these four quarterly in-person meetings, leveraging the power of the online environment to create rich learning experiences that are closely aligned with the ECS pedagogical approach and commitment to broadening participation in CS, while providing additional flexibility regarding when and how teachers take part in training.To ensure that ECS teachers across the nation have access to ongoing professional development during their first year of teaching ECS the project will (1) build and test three asynchronous online PD versions of the quarterly in-person workshops (a fourth having been built under previous funding); (2) develop and pilot additional online activities/resources focused on ECS technical content; (3) develop and test an ECS Online Facilitator training course and system; (4) conduct research in order to understand the promise of effectiveness of online PD for supporting ECS teacher learning; and (5) embed ECS PD Online into the portfolio of ongoing ECS professional development services available to teachers nationwide. The project work is grounded in research in the field of ECS learning, and effective curriculum development, as well as in essential design considerations for online professional development. Recognized experts in the field will provide the project team with frequent and ongoing feedback on research, products, and processes to ensure that the project's goals and objectives are achieved.

教育发展中心提出了一个开发在线专业发展（PD）讲习班的项目，该项目将为更大，更多样化的高中教师组成准备，以实施成功的探索计算机科学（ECS）课程，从而使EC可以访问更大，更多样化的学生。目前，ECS PD需要在两个夏季的每个夏季中的每个夏季进行一周的面对面培训，此外，在学年中，它需要四个季度的面对面ECS研讨会。许多老师，特别是在农村地区的老师，无法参加这些讲习班。这个项目 - 在线pd - 将为这四个季度面对面的会议提供急需的替代方案，并利用在线环境的力量创造丰富的学习经验，这些学习体验与ECS的教学方法和承诺保持在CS上的范围，并在CS上的参与度保持越来越多，同时在培训中提供了更多的培训。将（1）构建和测试季度面对面研讨会的三个异步在线PD版本（第四次在先前的资金下建造）；（2）开发和试行其他在线活动/资源，专注于ECS技术内容；（3）开发和测试ECS在线促进者培训课程和系统；（4）进行研究，以了解在线PD支持ECS教师学习的有效性的希望；（5）将ECS PD在线嵌入到全国老师正在进行的ECS专业发展服务的投资组合中。该项目工作基于EC学习领域的研究，有效的课程开发以及在线专业发展的基本设计注意事项。该领域的公认专家将为项目团队提供有关研究，产品和流程的频繁反馈，以确保实现项目的目标和目标。