Collaborative Learning in Cloud-based Virtual Computer Labs

基于云的虚拟计算机实验室中的协作学习

• 批准号: 1712384
• 负责人: Xiaolin Hu
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-15 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1712384&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Learning; Cloud; based; Virtual

Computer labs in which students work through assignments using specialized software and/or hardware play a critical role in computing education and in STEM education in general. Traditionally these computer labs have been carried out in computer centers on campus due to the need for specialized software and/or dedicated hardware. Collaborative labs help students to: (1) learn through experience, (2) leverage the perceptions of their learning partners, and (3) form their own opinions through social constructivism. The evidence to date is that collaborative labs consistently demonstrate positive effects on student achievement, self-esteem, and attitude toward learning. Advances in cloud computing and virtualization technologies enable students to complete labs on virtualized resources remotely through the Internet. However, while virtual computer labs provide anywhere, anytime, on-demand access to specialized software and hardware, the virtual workspaces to which students are assigned lack support for sharing, causing the collaborative aspect of learning to be lost. This project serves the national interest in producing a highly-qualified STEM workforce by developing and evaluating an environment that supports collaborative learning in cloud-based virtual computer labs.The goal of this project is to integrate three models of virtual collaboration into a collaborative lab software tool: shared remote collaboration, virtual study rooms, and a virtual tutoring center. The environment will allow students to reserve virtual computers labs with multiple participants and will support remote real-time collaboration among the participants during a lab. The learning environment will be evaluated in computer science and other STEM discipline courses, and a virtual tutoring center for evaluation will be developed. The collaborative lab environment has the potential to significantly enhance students' collaborative learning in cloud-based virtual computer labs and benefit a wide range of universities and colleges that use virtual computer labs in education. It is expected to support collaborative learning in many STEM disciplines using virtual computer labs, benefitting traditional undergraduates as well as returning adult and distance learning students in both formal and informal settings. The collaborative lab software tool will be distributed as an open source project with all materials, designs, and source code available on a public web site for wide dissemination.

学生使用专用软件和/或硬件完成作业的计算机实验室在计算机教育和一般 STEM 教育中发挥着至关重要的作用。传统上，由于需要专门的软件和/或专用硬件，这些计算机实验室一直在校园的计算机中心进行。协作实验室帮助学生：（1）通过经验学习，（2）利用学习伙伴的看法，以及（3）通过社会建构主义形成自己的观点。迄今为止的证据表明，协作实验室始终表现出对学生成绩、自尊和学习态度的积极影响。云计算和虚拟化技术的进步使学生能够通过互联网远程完成虚拟化资源的实验。然而，虽然虚拟计算机实验室可以随时随地按需访问专用软件和硬件，但分配给学生的虚拟工作空间缺乏共享支持，导致学习的协作性缺失。该项目通过开发和评估支持基于云的虚拟计算机实验室中协作学习的环境，服务于培养高素质 STEM 劳动力的国家利益。该项目的目标是将三种虚拟协作模型集成到协作实验室软件中工具：共享远程协作、虚拟学习室和虚拟辅导中心。该环境将允许学生预订具有多个参与者的虚拟计算机实验室，并将支持实验室期间参与者之间的远程实时协作。将对计算机科学和其他STEM学科课程的学习环境进行评估，并开发一个用于评估的虚拟辅导中心。协作实验室环境有可能显着增强学生在基于云的虚拟计算机实验室中的协作学习，并使在教育中使用虚拟计算机实验室的广泛大学和学院受益。预计它将使用虚拟计算机实验室支持许多 STEM 学科的协作学习，使传统本科生以及正式和非正式环境中回国的成人和远程学习学生受益。协作实验室软件工具将作为开源项目分发，所有材料、设计和源代码都可在公共网站上获得，以供广泛传播。

项目成果

Support Remote Collaboration in Virtual Computer Labs

支持虚拟计算机实验室中的远程协作

• 发表时间: 2019-01
• 期刊: 2019
• 作者: Xiaolin Hu; Hai Le
• 通讯作者: Hai Le

Online Tutoring Through a Cloud-Based Virtual Tutoring Center

通过基于云的虚拟辅导中心进行在线辅导

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59635-4_20
• 发表时间: 2020-01
• 期刊: Cloud Computing – CLOUD 2020. CLOUD 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• 作者: Hu, X.;Tabdil, S.D.;Achhe, M.;Pan, Y.;Bourgeois, A.G.
• 通讯作者: Bourgeois, A.G.

Collaborative Learning in Cloud-based Virtual Computer Labs

基于云的虚拟计算机实验室中的协作学习

• DOI: 10.1109/fie.2018.8659018
• 发表时间: 2018-10
• 期刊: 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE
• 作者: Hu, Xiaolin;Le, Hai;Bourgeois, Anu G.;Pan, Yi
• 通讯作者: Pan, Yi