CISE Postdoctoral Research Associate in Experimental Computer Science: Leveraging Networks for Collaborative Education in the Blacksburg Electronic Village

卡罗尔，约翰M.弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学CISE实验计算机科学博士后研究助理：在布莱克斯堡电子村利用网络进行协作教育该奖项支持助理Jurgen Koenemann。这个项目是为弗吉尼亚州西南部农村地区的初高中学生创建和研究虚拟物理实验室的一部分。虚拟实验室是一个实时的、多用户的领域，集成了万维网资源。博士后的工作重点是在这种基于网络的协作教育模式下的两个技术挑战：(1)支持教师设计虚拟实验室活动和材料；(2)评估教师和学生的可用性和学习成果。关于(1)，将开发一套软件工具，以帮助教师定位并将万维网资源整合到他们为虚拟实验室设计的活动中。例如，该工具将自动生成适当的超链接和管理仿真软件。关于(2)，将开发一个评估工具，以方便收集和分析“关键事件”报告，即对用户来说情况非常顺利或非常糟糕的事件。报告将链接到可能涉及导致关键事件的虚拟实验室软件的部分，以促进诊断和重新设计。＊＊＊

9625577 Carroll, John M. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University CISE Postdoctoral Research Associate in Experimental Computer Science: Leveraging Networks for Collaborative Education in the Blacksburg Electronic Village This award supports associate Jurgen Koenemann. This project is part of an effort to create and study a virtual physics laboratory for middle and high school students in a rural area of Southwestern Virginia. The virtual laboratory is implemented as a real-time, multi-user domain, integrated with World-Wide Web resources. The postdoctoral work focuses on two technical challenges within this paradigm of network-based collaborative education: (1) supporting the design of virtual laboratory activities and materials by teachers, and (2) evaluating usability and learning outcomes for teachers and students. Regarding (1), a set of software tools will be developed to help teachers locate and incorporate World-Wide Web resources into activities they design for the virtual laboratory. For example, the tool will automatically generate appropriate hyperlinks and manage simulation software. Regarding (2), an evaluation tool will be developed to facilitate the collection and analysis of "critical incident" reports, episodes in which something went very well or very badly for the user. The reports will be linked to portions of the virtual laboratory software that may have been implicated in causing the critical incident to facilitate diagnosis and redesign. ***