Improving Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Experiences by Using a Computer Laboratory

使用计算机实验室改善本科生生物学实验室体验

• 批准号: 9551404
• 负责人: Grant Balkema
• 金额: $ 5.3万
• 依托单位: Boston College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-07-01 至 2000-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9551404&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Undergraduate; Biology; Laboratory; Experiences

This project updates and improves the curriculum and instrumentation in the biology teaching labs at the college. Five years ago, a three-phase plan was initiated to accomplish this goal. Phase 1 provided a high-speed network in biology. Phase 2 developed faculty resources and provided a pilot lab for testing the feasibility of this project. Phase 3 provides 50% of the teaching labs with a minimum of one workstation per two students. The Biology Department has been successfully implementing Phases 1 and 2. This project provides resources for Phase 3. The hardware and software obtained by this project enable students to engage in hands-on experiments, reduce the amount of time spent on equipment setup, analyze data more effectively, work collaboratively in pairs, and use modern three- dimensional anatomical software to extend their knowledge of human anatomy. This project enables development a dual-purpose computer dry lab/wet lab with computer workstations that are networked by high-speed Ethernet. All workstations use a product, Timbuktu, that allows each workstation to observe the instructor's workstation or other student's workstations; all AV workstations share a common audio/visual feed allowing images (microscope, VHS tape deck) to be broadcast to each workstation; and workstations have a pedestal-based computer stand that allows the computer lab to be used either as a wet or dry lab.

该项目更新和改进了学院生物教学实验室的课程和仪器。 五年前，为实现这一目标，启动了一项三阶段计划。 第一阶段提供了一个高速的生物网络。 第二阶段开发了教师资源，并提供了一个试点实验室，以测试该项目的可行性。 第三阶段提供50%的教学实验室，每两个学生至少有一个工作站。 生物系已成功实施第1和第2阶段。 该项目为第三阶段提供资源。 该项目获得的硬件和软件使学生能够进行动手实验，减少设备设置所花费的时间，更有效地分析数据，成对协作，并使用现代三维解剖软件来扩展他们的人体解剖学知识。 该项目使开发一个两用的计算机干/湿实验室与计算机工作站，通过高速以太网联网。 所有的工作站都使用一个产品，廷布克图，使每个工作站观察教师的工作站或其他学生的工作站;所有的AV工作站共享一个共同的音频/视频饲料，使图像（显微镜，VHS磁带卡座）广播到每个工作站;和工作站有一个基于电脑的立场，使计算机实验室可以作为一个湿或干实验室使用。