RAPID: Reimagined Virtual STEM Laboratory Experiences in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Undergraduate Education

RAPID：重新构想虚拟 STEM 实验室体验，以应对 COVID-19 大流行对本科教育的影响

• 批准号: 2033488
• 负责人: Frank Gomez
• 金额: $ 19.79万
• 依托单位: California State University Channel Islands
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2033488&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Reimagined; Virtual; STEM; Laboratory

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this RAPID project will address critical instructional challenges in undergraduate STEM education that result from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it will produce and deploy virtual labs in upper-division chemistry, physics, and math courses. The rush to online course delivery in response to COVID-19 has revealed limitations of commercially available online virtual labs. Existing virtual lab experiences are generally poorly focused on student exploration. In addition, the effectiveness of virtual lab activities is not well understood, particularly for specific student populations such as Hispanic/Latinx students. To address these opportunities, the California State University system will design three virtual labs that focus on community building, are culturally responsive, and relate to real life events brought about by the pandemic. The project will also study the effectiveness of these virtual labs, thus adding to the body of knowledge about effective online instruction. The creation and delivery of the proposed labs have the potential to positively affect many students, as well as increase equitable access to high-quality learning opportunities. Beyond its immediate impact on improving online laboratory instruction in a time of crisis, this work may provide models for other STEM education initiatives and contribute to institutional and educational changes to better support STEM learning.The project aims to develop and test three virtual labs that are purposely designed to create and sustain a culture of inclusion and equity that supports the success of all students, particularly the large population of Hispanic/Latinx students served within the California State University system. The project seeks to increase opportunity and achievement by providing students with avenues to grow STEM identity, self-efficacy, and sense of belonging. The design criteria for the three virtual labs will be informed by culturally responsive and trauma-informed teaching practices. The virtual labs will support instruction across the California State University campuses and beyond, beginning as early as Fall 2020. The overall goal is to directly improve students’ knowledge and ability, STEM identity, and integration of identities. The project plans to examine disciplinary best practices in student learning through an informed equity perspective. The project will investigate how to best implement culturally responsive and relevant teaching in virtual science and math laboratory environments and gather and analyze data about the shift to online teaching/learning modalities. Data will be collected every three months from students participating in the virtual labs via pre/post assessments to provide insight into the role of metacognition in their learning. Results of the research will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scholarship, virtual and face-to-face workshops, and reports. This RAPID award is made by the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program in the Division of Undergraduate Education, Directorate of Education and Human Resources. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs.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.

在不断改善的本科教育的支持下，西班牙裔服务局（HSI计划），这项快速的项目涉及本质上的重要挑战现有的虚拟实验室经验的在线课程一般都集中在学生探索上。专注于社区建设，与项目所带来的现实生活事件有关，将研究这些虚拟实验室的有效性，即of of of of of of of of of of of of of to the of the of the of to the of the of to the有效的在线指导。 ，以及增加获得高质量的学习机会的机会。对于所有学生来说，包容性和公平的文化是加利福尼亚州立大学的成功。三个虚拟实验室将通过文化响应和创伤的教学实践来告知，虚拟实验室将支持加利福尼亚州立大学及以后的教学。在学生中，纪律上最好的学生将在虚拟和数学实验室环境中最佳地实施文化响应式和相关的教学，并收集有关在线教学/学习方式的分析数据。评估元认知在他们的学习中的作用。教育和HSI局旨在增强教育和建立Capace。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，因此值得支持Torough评估。