RET Site: Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARETe): Connecting Community College Faculty and Students to University Engineering and Computer Science Labs

RET 网站：教师真实研究体验 (ARETe)：将社区学院教职员工和学生与大学工程和计算机科学实验室联系起来

• 批准号: 1801756
• 负责人: Sean Shaheen
• 金额: $ 59.94万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801756&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Authentic; Research; Experiences

This RET Site: Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARETe): Connecting Community College Faculty and Students to University Engineering and Computer Science Labs enhances coordination between the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and five, 2-year degree granting community colleges (2YCs) in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area: Arapahoe Community College, Community College of Aurora, Community College of Denver, Front Range Community College, and Red Rocks Community College. The project creates and cultivates a network of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 2YC faculty with specific expertise on cutting edge topics from first-hand research experience, along with a set of collaboratively-developed educational modules that integrate content with 2YC learning and curricula development goals. In each year of the project, ten 2YC faculty will collaborate with CU faculty to carry out laboratory research in engineering and computer science disciplines. Example research topics include: organic and hybrid photovoltaics for renewable electric energy generation; remote sensing for precision agriculture; soft robotic manipulators for tactile sensing and robotic perception; ultrafast laser pulse experiments for infrared sensing and chemical characterization; metal nanoparticle catalysis for reduced automotive emissions and renewable material synthesis from biomass; dynamic solar windows for energy-efficient building; coherent laser sources for biomedical imaging; and organic electrochemical transistors for bioelectronic sensing and drug delivery. The 2YC faculty will come away from the immersive experience with in-depth understanding of topics of national need and at the forefront of research on areas as diverse as renewable energy, materials science, biomedical research, robotics, and other areas. In addition to advancing research in a broad array of topics while developing 2YC faculty research knowledge and skills, the project will help 2YCs to integrate their research into STEM curriculum modules specifically targeting 2YC learning goals, but focusing on ARETe research topics. Collaborative module development will be primarily driven by participating 2YC faculty, based on their research experiences at CU. The project aims to establish and cultivate learning communities to facilitate transfer of knowledge to 2YC students, rapid progression of 2YC STEM curricula, and stronger connections between CU and Colorado 2YCs. CU faculty and graduate students will provide in-person and remote support of the implementation and assessment of new curricula, including co-instruction on 2YC campuses. Research teams will follow a structured backward design approach to curriculum module development, utilizing blended and active learning to convey important modern content. As a broad-ranging goal, the cultivation of these Colorado learning communities is expected to help lower the barrier for student transfer from Colorado 2YCs to CU Engineering, through both academic preparation and social/emotional benefits from mentoring by CU faculty and graduate students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

此 RET 网站：为教师提供真实的研究经验 (ARETe)：将社区学院教职员工和学生与大学工程和计算机科学实验室联系起来，增强了科罗拉多大学博尔德分校 (CU) 与五所授予 2 年制学位的社区学院 (2YC) 之间的协调丹佛-博尔德大都市区：阿拉帕霍社区学院、奥罗拉社区学院、丹佛社区学院、前岭社区学院和红石社区学院。该项目创建并培养了一个由科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 2YC 教师组成的网络，他们拥有来自第一手研究经验的前沿主题的特定专业知识，以及一套将内容与 2YC 相结合的协作开发的教育模块学习和课程开发目标。在该项目的每一年，十名2YC教师将与CU教师合作，开展工程和计算机科学学科的实验室研究。示例研究主题包括：用于可再生电能发电的有机和混合光伏；精准农业遥感；用于触觉传感和机器人感知的软机器人操纵器；用于红外传感和化学表征的超快激光脉冲实验；用于减少汽车排放和从生物质合成可再生材料的金属纳米颗粒催化；用于节能建筑的动态太阳能窗；用于生物医学成像的相干激光源；以及用于生物电子传感和药物输送的有机电化学晶体管。 2YC 教师将摆脱沉浸式体验，深入了解国家需求的主题，并处于可再生能源、材料科学、生物医学研究、机器人技术和其他领域研究的前沿。除了在发展 2YC 教师研究知识和技能的同时推进广泛主题的研究外，该项目还将帮助 2YC 将其研究整合到专门针对 2YC 学习目标的 STEM 课程模块中，但重点关注 ARETe 研究主题。协作模块开发将主要由参与 2YC 的教师根据他们在 CU 的研究经验来推动。该项目旨在建立和培育学习社区，以促进向 2YC 学生传授知识、快速推进 2YC STEM 课程以及加强 CU 和科罗拉多州 2YC 之间的联系。 CU 教职员工和研究生将为新课程的实施和评估提供现场和远程支持，包括在 2YC 校区进行共同教学。研究团队将遵循结构化逆向设计方法来开发课程模块，利用混合式主动学习来传达重要的现代内容。作为一个广泛的目标，这些科罗拉多州学习社区的培育预计将有助于降低学生从科罗拉多州 2YC 转学到 CU 工程学院的障碍，通过学术准备和 CU 教师和研究生指导带来的社会/情感益处。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。