Multimedia Neuroscience Education

多媒体神经科学教育

• 批准号: 9653051
• 负责人: Betty Zimmerberg
• 金额: $ 22.9万
• 依托单位: Williams College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9653051&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multimedia; Neuroscience; Education

"Multimedia Neuroscience Education" is a new project to bring advances in digital technology to the teaching of a complex and growing interdisciplinary field. Central to our approach is the conviction that the neurological, molecular and electrical structures and processes that are fundamental to this field constantly change in time and space. Two-dimensional representations fall far short of communicating the complexity of these phenomena. Eventually we hope to offer a complete set of animated and interactive multi-media resources to support instruction not only of introductory neuroscience, but for use in the related fields of biology and psychology. Now, however, we are seeking NSF funds to produce, evaluate and implement a pilot program to cover one unit, "Synaptic Transmission and Chemical Messengers." We plan to realize this goal by taking advantage of several new advances in computer technology. The first is the availability of moderately priced but extremely powerful 3- D animation software for use on desktop computers. These same computers can run powerful new multi-media authoring software that allows for another breakthrough: we will distribute only the video from our laboratory simulations and process animation on a CD-ROM. All the control of that video plus the related text, graphics and 3-D models for use with JAVA will be kept on our Neuroscience pages on the World Wide Web. Among other things, this means we can update the programming of these materials without ever making the video on the CD-ROM obsolete. The Project is the collaboration of Betty Zimmerberg, Chair of the Neuroscience Department at Williams College, and Lance Wisniewski, multi-media producer. Dr. Zimmerberg has been a researcher and teacher in the neurosciences for two decades at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as being experienced in pre-college science education outreach and training of pre-college teachers. Wisniewski has produced educational television programs for 20 years, with a spec ialty in computer animation and, recently, multi-media applications. This project will have significant impact on undergraduate education because, in addition to the informative content and its visualization in space and time, the virtual laboratory component will enhance critical thinking, quantitative skills, and science writing experience. The ultimate goal is to have these materials and laboratory experiences available globally, and for a variety of educational levels and setting, in order to convey our excitement in the process of scientific discovery on the new frontier, the mind. NSF FORM 1358 (1/94)

“多媒体神经科学教育”是一个新的项目，将数字技术的进步带到一个复杂和不断发展的跨学科领域的教学中。我们的方法的核心是相信神经，分子和电气结构和过程是这个领域的基础不断变化的时间和空间。二维表示远远不能传达这些现象的复杂性。最终，我们希望提供一套完整的动画和互动的多媒体资源，以支持教学不仅介绍神经科学，但在生物学和心理学的相关领域使用。然而，现在我们正在寻求国家科学基金会的资金，以生产，评估和实施一个试点计划，涵盖一个单位，“突触传输和化学信使。“我们计划利用计算机技术的几项新进展来实现这一目标。第一个是价格适中但功能极其强大的桌面电脑三维动画软件的可用性。这些计算机可以运行功能强大的新的多媒体创作软件，从而实现另一个突破：我们将只在CD-ROM上分发实验室模拟和处理动画的视频，所有对该视频的控制以及相关的文本、图形和3D模型，以便使用JAVA，这些都将保留在我们的万维网神经科学页面上。除其他外，这意味着我们可以更新这些材料的节目，而不会使光盘上的视频过时。 该项目是威廉姆斯学院神经科学系主任贝蒂·齐默伯格和多媒体制作人兰斯·维斯涅夫斯基的合作。Zimmerberg博士在本科和研究生阶段担任神经科学研究员和教师已有二十年，并且在大学预科科学教育推广和大学预科教师培训方面经验丰富。Wisniewski制作教育电视节目已有20年，擅长计算机动画，最近还涉足多媒体应用。该项目将对本科教育产生重大影响，因为除了信息内容及其在空间和时间上的可视化外，虚拟实验室组件还将增强批判性思维，定量技能和科学写作经验。最终目标是在全球范围内提供这些材料和实验室经验，并适用于各种教育水平和环境，以表达我们在新前沿（思维）科学发现过程中的兴奋之情。 NSF表格1358（1/94）