Institute Wide Integration of Computer Based Instructional Aids into the Science and Technology Curriculum at Caltech

加州理工学院将基于计算机的教学辅助工具广泛整合到科学技术课程中

• 批准号: 9652066
• 负责人: David Baltimore
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 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: 1996-07-15 至 2000-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9652066&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Institute; Wide; Integration; Computer; Based

The proposal requests NSF support for a newly-initiated Caltech program designed to foster Institute-wide development of computer-based teaching tools. These computer-based materials will be prepared on topics spanning the complete range of technical disciplines in the physical and social sciences emhasized at the Institute, including efforts in the physical, chemical, biological, earth, and planetary sciences, mathematics and applied mathematics courses, chemical, electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental, and aeronautical engineering courses, and in economics and the social sciences. To accomplish this task, Caltech is seizing an opportunity to involve its most valuable resource, the skills of its own undergraduate students, intimately into the instructional process, Undergraduate students will work closely with Caltech faculty in developing improved visualization, computation, and communication aids for the instruction of a broad range of technical courses at the Institute. A committee will be established to oversee the Institute-wide teaching reform projects, and this committee will receive student and faculty feedback, will be responsible for dissemination of materials to the faculty and to the non-Institute community, and will report directly to the Caltech administration and Faculty Board regarding the success and future direction for the program. This effort thus strives to be another Caltech-led national model for systemic reform, having a focus on comprehensive, coordinated, Institute-wide efforts to incorporate multimedia materials into the routine course experiences of the science and engineering student.

该提案要求NSF支持一个新发起的加州理工学院计划，旨在促进整个学院基于计算机的教学工具的开发。 这些以计算机为基础的材料将涉及研究所强调的物理和社会科学的所有技术学科的主题，包括在物理、化学、生物、地球和行星科学、数学和应用数学课程、化学、电气、机械、土木、环境和航空工程课程以及经济学和社会科学方面的努力。 为了完成这项任务，加州理工学院正在抓住机会，让其最宝贵的资源，自己的本科生的技能，密切参与教学过程，本科生将与加州理工学院的教师密切合作，开发改进的可视化，计算和通信辅助工具，用于研究所广泛的技术课程的教学。 将成立一个委员会来监督学院范围内的教学改革项目，该委员会将接收学生和教师的反馈，将负责向教师和非学院社区传播材料，并将直接向加州理工学院管理层和教师委员会报告该计划的成功和未来方向。 因此，这一努力力争成为加州理工学院领导的另一个系统性改革的国家模式，重点是全面，协调，整个学院的努力，将多媒体材料纳入科学和工程学生的常规课程经验。