Exploring the Strategies Used by Two-year Colleges to Support Academic Continuity in STEM Education During the COVID-19 Crisis

探索两年制学院在 COVID-19 危机期间支持 STEM 教育学术连续性的策略

• 批准号: 2037809
• 负责人: Kapil Chalil Madathil
• 金额: $ 34.58万
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 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: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037809&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Exploring; Strategies; Used; Two; year

Like other institutions of higher education, two-year institutions in the United States responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by using virtual instruction to provide academic continuity. Many of these institutions turned to the use of Digital Learning Tools, such as e-curricula, e-learning simulations and laboratories, and virtual reality modules. This pivot to online learning is expected to mitigate the disruption in the education of highly skilled professionals for the technical manufacturing workforce. The project team will examine the immediate e-learning response of two-year institutions to the COVID-19 crisis by investigating the use of Digital Learning Tools, specifically the e-curricula/materials and virtual reality simulations and laboratories developed by the NSF-funded Center for Aviation and Automotive Technological Education Using Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES) project. The goal of the project is to better understand the immediate e-learning responses of two-year institutions to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the impact of these responses. Working closely with the South Carolina Technical College System and the National Center for Autonomous Technologies, the Clemson University-based research team will conduct a sequential exploratory research study that applies the Resilience Engineering Framework and the Technology Acceptance Model to address four research questions: 1) What demands were placed on two-year college educators during the rapid pandemic response? 2) What barriers to adoption and integration of e-learning resources did educators and students experience? 3) What strategies did administrators, educators, and students employ during the rapid transition? 4) What adaptations to e-learning do educators and students anticipate in the immediate future because of the COVID-19 pandemic? The mixed methods study will investigate the demands placed on instructors, students, and administrators to understand the barriers in adopting and integrating e-learning resources into manufacturing programs by conducting field studies. Based on the field studies, the project team will develop and administer a national survey to document and examine the national landscape for strategies employed in the rapid transition to online learning. The research team will systematically analyze and integrate quantitative and qualitative data to inform the development of evidence-based guidelines to strengthen academic continuity and the e-learning ecosystem. They will disseminate research findings to a broad audience of stakeholders to guide effective rapid educational transitions under disruptive conditions. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

与其他高等教育机构一样，美国的两年制院校通过使用虚拟教学来提供学术连续性来应对 COVID-19 大流行。 其中许多机构转向使用数字学习工具，例如电子课程、电子学习模拟和实验室以及虚拟现实模块。 这种向在线学习的转变预计将减轻对技术制造劳动力的高技能专业人员教育的干扰。 该项目团队将通过调查数字学习工具的使用情况，特别是由 NSF 资助的电子课程/材料以及虚拟现实模拟和实验室，来检查两年制机构对 COVID-19 危机的即时电子学习反应使用虚拟电子学校 (CA2VES) 项目的航空和汽车技术教育中心。 该项目的目标是更好地了解两年制机构对 COVID-19 危机的即时电子学习应对措施，以及这些应对措施的影响。克莱姆森大学的研究团队将与南卡罗来纳州技术学院系统和国家自主技术中心密切合作，进行一项连续的探索性研究，应用弹性工程框架和技术接受模型来解决四个研究问题：1）在快速应对疫情期间，对两年制大学教育工作者提出了哪些要求？ 2) 教育工作者和学生在采用和整合电子学习资源方面遇到了哪些障碍？ 3) 在快速转型过程中，管理者、教育工作者和学生采取了哪些策略？ 4) 由于 COVID-19 大流行，教育工作者和学生预计在不久的将来会对电子学习进行哪些调整？ 混合方法研究将调查对教师、学生和管理人员的要求，以了解通过进行实地研究采用电子学习资源并将其集成到制造计划中的障碍。 根据实地研究，项目团队将制定和管理一项全国调查，以记录和审查快速过渡到在线学习所采用的战略的国家情况。 研究团队将系统地分析和整合定量和定性数据，为制定循证指南提供信息，以加强学术连续性和电子学习生态系统。 他们将向广大利益相关者传播研究成果，以指导颠覆性条件下有效的快速教育转型。 该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划重点关注推动国家经济发展的先进技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和技术进行评估，被认为值得支持。更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effect on Student Learning at Aviation Maintenance Technology Schools

COVID-19 大流行对航空维修技术学校学生学习的影响

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: ATEC journal
• 作者: Shakour, Katie;Gallagher, Eliza;Ransom, Timothy;Johnson, Karen;Short, Rebecca;Beck, Jonathan;Chalil Madathil, Kapil
• 通讯作者: Chalil Madathil, Kapil