Educating Schools and Families with ToxRAP over MPEG-4

通过 MPEG-4 使用 ToxRAP 对学校和家庭进行教育

• 批准号: 6833705
• 负责人: DON L MILLARD
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: CRENEAUX ENTERPRISES, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6833705
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; Internet; children; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; environmental exposure; environmental health; environmental toxicology; family; health education; human subject; interactive multimedia; science education; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the STTR program "Educating Schools and Families with ToxRAP over MPEG-4" is to educate teachers, school-age children and their families on the identification and evaluation of environmental health problems so that they have the knowledge and skills to reduce their exposure to potential pollutants and prevent environment-related illnesses and diseases. Environmental health education materials for the classroom and home will be developed for distribution over the Internet, and potentially other channels, using the recently internationally ratified MPEG-4 format, which supports a greater audiovisual quality, interactivity, personalization, and distribution diversity among current multimedia standards. To avoid this education initiative from becoming "yet another web site," this collaboration will build upon the innovative and award winning ToxRAP (Toxicology, Risk Assessment and Pollution) curriculum series for K-9th grades that is currently being used in 3,500 classrooms in 22 states. The program will enhance the use of ToxRAP in the classroom and extend the ToxRAP lessons and concepts directly into the home for families. The content will be tailored on-demand to the individual learner (teachers, students and families), and will be designed to measure learner performance, and be interactive and accessible from a broad range of school, residential and community information technology assets. In Phase I, Creneaux and EOHSI/UMDNJ-SPH will demonstrate the feasibility, appeal, and accessibility of ToxRAP extensions and home activities in an online MPEG-4 format. A scale model website will be developed demonstrating the unique features of MPEG-4 ToxRAP to teachers, students, parents, and others in the community who will provide feedback prior to developing the full model website in Phase II. The current classroom ToxRAP program provides the infrastructure for Phase III on-line ToxRAP activities including teacher training, while the underlying MPEG-4 platform is applied to additional on-line curriculum. By using a ratified rich media standard, developments in MPEG-4 authoring and delivery mechanisms, including the forecasted adoption of MPEG-4 by wireless and broadcast providers, will also benefit ToxRAP and future curriculum using the underlying platform.

描述（由申请人提供）：STTR 计划“利用 MPEG-4 上的 ToxRAP 教育学校和家庭”的目标是教育教师、学龄儿童及其家庭识别和评估环境健康问题，以便他们能够减少接触潜在污染物和预防与环境有关的疾病的知识和技能。将使用最近国际批准的 MPEG-4 格式开发用于教室和家庭的环境健康教育材料，以便通过互联网和其他可能的渠道分发，该格式支持当前多媒体中更高的视听质量、交互性、个性化和分发多样性标准。为了避免这一教育计划成为“又一个网站”，此次合作将建立在针对 K-9 年级的创新且屡获殊荣的 ToxRAP（毒理学、风险评估和污染）课程系列的基础上，该系列课程目前已在 22 个国家和地区的 3,500 个教室中使用。州。该计划将加强 ToxRAP 在课堂上的使用，并将 ToxRAP 课程和概念直接延伸到家庭中。内容将根据学习者个人（教师、学生和家庭）的需求量身定制，旨在衡量学习者的表现，并具有互动性，可从广泛的学校、住宅和社区信息技术资产中获取。在第一阶段，Creneaux 和 EOHSI/UMDNJ-SPH 将以在线 MPEG-4 格式展示 ToxRAP 扩展和家庭活动的可行性、吸引力和可访问性。将开发一个比例模型网站，向教师、学生、家长和社区中的其他人展示 MPEG-4 ToxRAP 的独特功能，他们将在第二阶段开发完整模型网站之前提供反馈。当前的课堂 ToxRAP 计划为第三阶段在线 ToxRAP 活动（包括教师培训）提供基础设施，而底层 MPEG-4 平台则应用于其他在线课程。通过使用已批准的富媒体标准，MPEG-4 创作和交付机制的发展（包括预计无线和广播提供商对 MPEG-4 的采用）也将有利于 ToxRAP 和使用底层平台的未来课程。