Computer-Based Work Stations or Physiology Laboratories

基于计算机的工作站或生理学实验室

• 批准号: 9051717
• 负责人: Randall Packer
• 金额: $ 3.57万
• 依托单位: George Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-09-01 至 1993-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9051717&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Based; Work; Stations; Physiology

This award provides funds to the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University to help purchase equipment that will allow redesign of two undergraduate physiology human laboratories around microcomputer-based work stations. Apple Macintosh SE personal computers will be interfaced with World Precision Instruments MacLab data acquisition systems. The WPI MacLab includes both the necessary hardware and software specifically designed to emulate a polygraph and a storage oscilloscope. The most innovative feature of the redesigned labs will be that PCs will be used as interactive "electronic lab manuals". The software which will be designed for the manual will make possible an auto-tutorial approach which will greatly improve learning during the conduct of an exercise. In responding to queries, students will be required to answer questions, provide data, or produce graphical or tabular data summaries. The PC-based work stations will also allow the addition of new lab exercises to the curriculum, including simulations. The proposed PC-based work stations will be less expensive to purchase and much easier to use and maintain than high quality pen and ink recording systems. No laboratory courses in the Department currently provide students an opportunity to use PC's regularly for data acquisition and analysis. Using PC-based work stations in physiology will better prepare students to enter the work force or to continue their education at the graduate level. The grantee is matching this award with non-Federal sources.

该奖项为乔治华盛顿大学生物科学系提供资金，以帮助购买设备，使两个本科生理学人类实验室能够围绕基于微型计算机的工作站重新设计。苹果Macintosh SE个人电脑将与世界精密仪器公司的MacLab数据采集系统对接。WPI MacLab包括专门为模拟测谎仪和存储示波器而设计的必要硬件和软件。重新设计的实验室最具创新性的特点是，个人电脑将被用作互动的“电子实验室手册”。将为该手册设计的软件将使自动辅导方法成为可能，这种方法将极大地改进练习过程中的学习。在回答问题时，学生将被要求回答问题，提供数据，或制作图形或表格数据摘要。基于PC的工作站还将允许在课程中添加新的实验练习，包括模拟。与高质量的笔和墨水记录系统相比，拟议的基于PC的工作站的购买成本将更低，使用和维护要容易得多。目前，本系没有实验室课程为学生提供定期使用个人电脑进行数据收集和分析的机会。使用基于PC的生理学工作站将更好地为学生进入劳动力大军或继续他们的研究生教育做好准备。受赠人正在将该奖项与非联邦来源相匹配。