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

9625577卡罗尔，约翰M. 弗吉尼亚理工学院州立大学 CISE实验计算机科学博士后研究助理：利用网络在布莱克斯堡电子村的协作教育 该奖项支持尤尔根·科内曼（Jurgen Koenemann）。这个项目是努力创建和研究一个虚拟物理实验室的初中和高中学生在弗吉尼亚州西南部的农村地区的一部分。 虚拟实验室实现为一个实时的，多用户域，与万维网资源集成。 博士后工作集中在两个基于网络的协作教育范式内的技术挑战： (1)支持教师设计虚拟实验室活动和材料，以及（2）评估教师和学生的可用性和学习效果。 关于（1），我们会开发一套软件工具，以协助教师寻找万维网资源，并将其纳入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并管理模拟软件。 关于（2），将开发一个评价工具，以便利收集和分析“重大事件”报告，即对用户来说非常顺利或非常糟糕的事件。 这些报告将链接到虚拟实验室软件中可能与导致严重事件有关的部分，以便于诊断和重新设计。 ***

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. ***