Collaborative Research: Broadening Use of Modern Geodetic Methods in Earth Science Field Courses

合作研究：在地球科学领域课程中拓宽现代大地测量方法的使用

• 批准号: 1914872
• 负责人: Bruce Douglas
• 金额: $ 5.11万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1914872&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Broadening; Use; Modern

This project aims to serve the national interest in high-quality undergraduate STEM education by improving student access to cutting-edge geodesy methods in Earth Science field courses. Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding the Earth?s geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravity field, and how these properties change over time. Geodetic technologies can be applied to societally critical geoscience topics such as hazard assessment and response, as well as to topics with commercial or governmental value. As a result, geodetic technologies are driving changes in workforce demands and increasing the need for including geodetic field methods and related quantitative skills in undergraduate education. To meet these needs, the project plans to: train instructors how to incorporate geodetic field methods into their college courses; develop a loan program to provide educators access to geodetic equipment; and increase the availability of technical support for instructors.This project specifically aims to broaden access of undergraduate students to the geodetic technologies of GPS, Structure from Motion (SfM), and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS). To increase student engagement and learning in geodetics, the project will create short courses for instructors. These short courses will help instructors identify societally-relevant geoscience research questions that will provide relevance and context for students to learn and apply geodetic technologies. More than 100 instructors will participate in these short courses, resulting in more than 1500 students who will learn to use geodetic field methods over the course of the grant. The project aims to develop sustainable changes in college instruction that could reach even more students in the future. The project will examine the efficacy and adoption of teaching materials produced through 1-day and 2.5-day short courses, as well as more intensive, smaller cohort groups. These data will contribute to the body of educational research, particularly the impact of faculty professional development in improving field education. The teaching materials developed by the project participants will continue to be evaluated by and disseminated through the website of the Science Education Resource Center (SERC), which has 5 million visitors per year (serc.carleton.edu/getsi). This project responds to community needs and has the potential to contribute to the critical need of a diverse, Earth Science-ready STEM workforce. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. This project is in the Engaged Student Learning track and Development and Implementation tier; it builds on work of an earlier IUSE-funded Exploration and Design tier project. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过改善学生在地球科学田野课程中获得尖端的地理测量方法的访问，以为高质量的本科STEM教育提供国家利益。地球的科学是否准确地测量和理解地球的几何形状，空间的方向以及重力场以及这些特性如何随时间变化。 地球技术可以应用于社会关键的地球科学主题，例如危害评估和反应，以及具有商业或政府价值的主题。结果，大地技术正在推动劳动力需求的变化，并增加了对本科教育中的测量现场方法和相关定量技能的需求。 为了满足这些需求，该项目计划：培训讲师如何将大地测量现场方法纳入他们的大学课程；制定贷款计划，以使教育者使用大地设备；并增加了对讲师的技术支持的可用性。该项目旨在扩大本科生对GPS，运动结构（SFM）和陆地激光扫描（TLS）的结构（TLS）的访问。 为了增加学生的参与度和学习，该项目将为讲师创建简短的课程。 这些简短的课程将帮助教师确定与社会相关的地球科学研究问题，这些问题将为学生学习和应用地球技术提供相关性和背景。 100多名讲师将参加这些短课程，从而导致1500多名学生将在整个赠款过程中学习使用大地田间方法。 该项目旨在发展大学教学的可持续变化，以便将来吸引更多的学生。该项目将检查1天和2.5天的短期课程生产的教材的功效和采用，以及更密集的较小队列组。这些数据将有助于教育研究体系，尤其是教师专业发展对改善现场教育的影响。 项目参与者开发的教材将继续由科学教育资源中心（SERC）的网站进行评估，该网站每年有500万访客（SERC.CARLETON.EDU/GETSI）。该项目响应社区需求，并有可能促进多样化的地球科学准备人员劳动力的迫切需求。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该项目位于敬业的学生学习轨道，发展和实施层。它建立在较早的IUSE资助探索和设计层项目的基础上。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。