'Tri-State Physics': An Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program for Physics Instructors In Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont

“三州物理学”：缅因州、新罕布什尔州和佛蒙特州物理教师的本科生教师增强计划

• 批准号: 9554744
• 负责人: Doyle Davis
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: White Mountains Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-03-15 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9554744&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tri; State; Physics; Undergraduate; Faculty

(The Problem) Few opportunities to learn new methods of physics instruction exist for physics faculty who teach in technical/community colleges in the northern New England state of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont due to limited funds to pay for travel and registration at national and, in man cases, regional AAPT meetings often held in the southern New England states. (The Objectives) This proposal seeks funding for two faculty enhancement workshops to be held during the summers of 1996 and 1997 to provide opportunities for 24 physics instructors from two- year and four-year colleges and universities in both the northern and southern New England states to learn ways of presenting physics instruction via the Internet and the World Wide Web. (Methods to accomplish the objectives) During the workshops, participants will learn how to create platform-independent physics lessons using the hypertext markup language of browsers such as Netscape which can be shared with other instructors from neighboring New England states. (Collaborations) They will work with the nationally recognized leaders in distance education from institutions including the USAF Academy and Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis who have developed innovative new ways to teach using the World Wide Web. (Significance/impact of the project) The workshop will offer the unique opportunity for physics faculty to discuss during a two-week period critical issues in the teaching of college physics using distance education at the two and four-year level and to develop a strategic plan to promote stronger partnerships between two-year and four-year colleges through the sharing of information and resources.

（问题）在新英格兰北部缅因州、新罕布什尔州和佛蒙特州的技术/社区学院任教的物理教师很少有机会学习新的物理教学方法，因为他们的资金有限，无法支付旅行和参加经常在新英格兰南部各州举行的国家和地区AAPT会议的注册费用。（目标）本提案为将于1996年和1997年夏季举行的两次教员加强讲习班寻求资金，为来自新英格兰北部和南部的两年制和四年制学院和大学的24名物理教员提供机会，学习如何通过互联网和万维网进行物理教学。（完成目标的方法）在研讨会期间，参与者将学习如何使用浏览器（如Netscape）的超文本标记语言创建独立于平台的物理课程，这些课程可以与来自邻近新英格兰州的其他教师共享。（合作）他们将与来自美国空军学院、印第安纳大学、普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校等机构的远程教育领域的全国公认的领导者合作，这些机构开发了利用万维网进行教学的创新方法。（项目意义/影响）本次研讨会将为物理教师提供一个独特的机会，在为期两周的时间内，讨论利用远程教育在二年制和四年制大学物理教学中的关键问题，并制定一项战略计划，通过信息和资源共享，促进两年制和四年制大学之间更强有力的伙伴关系。