Software for Curricula in Ecology and Evolution

生态学和进化论课程软件

• 批准号: 9354777
• 负责人: Donald Alstad
• 金额: $ 12.65万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-02-15 至 1997-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9354777&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Software; Curricula; Ecology; Evolution

9354777 Alstad I am the author of an instructional software package designed to support university courses in ecology and evolutionary biology. Development of my present version, Populus 3.0, was funded by grants from IBM, the University of Minnesota, and the NSF. It has proven to be an extremely successful pedagogical tool here at Minnesota, and is currently in use at more than 350 institutions, worldwide. I request additional UCCD funding to pursue four major objectives, including (1) improvement of the narrative text offered to explain Populus models both on screen and in a companion book, (2) expanded coverage with new models, (3) "porting" of the package to a new operating system, and (4) an initiative to increase the use of Populus in small colleges. In addition to these new efforts, I will continue to debug and maintain the program, and curate the free distribution that will maximize its use. ***y

9354777 Alstad 我是一个教学软件包的作者，该软件包旨在支持生态学和进化生物学的大学课程。 我目前的版本 Populus 3.0 的开发是由 IBM、明尼苏达大学和 NSF 资助的。事实证明，它是明尼苏达州极其成功的教学工具，目前在全球 350 多个机构中使用。 我请求 UCCD 提供额外资金来实现四个主要目标，包括 (1) 改进在屏幕上和配套书中解释 Populus 模型的叙述文本，(2) 扩大新模型的覆盖范围，(3) 将软件包“移植”到新的操作系统，以及 (4) 增加 Populus 在小型学院中使用的举措。除了这些新的努力之外，我还将继续调试和维护该程序，并策划免费发行版，以最大限度地发挥其用途。 ***y