Interactive, Interdisciplinary Instruction

互动、跨学科教学

• 批准号: 9851011
• 负责人: Jacquelyn White
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Eastern Florida State College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9851011&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interactive; Interdisciplinary; Instruction

Brevard Community College (BCC), a multi-campus, co-educational institution of higher learning located on the east cost of Florida, will continue to develop and utilize computer technology to develop an interactive, interdisciplinary approach to teaching science, mathematics, and technology. A key component of this effort will be the establishment of three computer laboratories on the Melbourne Campus and at the Kennedy Space Center/Patrick Air Force Base (KSC/PAFB) extension which serves space industry and military installations in the district. Each lab will be designated for a specific discipline (math, science, or technology) with classes held during concurrent sessions. In addition, these laboratories will be capable of "c-u-see-me" technology and utilized to design a complete curriculum of interdisciplinary courses. The first interdisciplinary course scheduled for development under this project will be College Algebra/Chemistry. Each interdisciplinary lab class will consist of ten PC's and multimedia and internet/intranet equipment which will enable live interaction between classes and allow the classes to transmit and receive from outside the campus, including classes at different institutions having similar capabilities. These labs are proposed to teach students the inter-relatedness of math, science, and technology in problem solving; to expand the currently used technology for online instruction to include c-u-see-me technology for home-bound students with disabilities; and to bring these interdisciplinary courses to students at the KSC/PAFB extension. Evaluation of the project will consist of a comparison of student success rates, satisfaction, and retention in classes using the interactive, interdisciplinary pedagogy to traditional lecture-based classes. Assessing project impact will also shed light on its value to disabled students unable to attend classes onsite when compared to other online instructional methods currently used by the college. An ANOVA will be run on course outcomes to determine if students with disabilities have an improved success rate in the mathematics, science, and technology fields as a result of increased communication and interaction through the use of C U SEE ME technology.

布雷瓦德社区学院（BCC），一个多校区，男女同校的高等教育机构位于佛罗里达的东部成本，将继续开发和利用计算机技术开发一个互动的，跨学科的方法来教学科学，数学和技术。 这项工作的一个关键组成部分将是在墨尔本校园和肯尼迪航天中心/帕特里克空军基地（KSC/PAFB）扩建部分建立三个计算机实验室，为该地区的航天工业和军事设施服务。 每个实验室将被指定为一个特定的学科（数学，科学或技术）与类在并发会话期间举行。 此外，这些实验室将能够“c-u-see-me”技术，并用于设计跨学科课程的完整课程。 计划在该项目下开发的第一个跨学科课程将是大学代数/化学。 每个跨学科的实验室类将包括10台PC和多媒体和互联网/内联网设备，这将使类之间的实时互动，并允许类传输和接收从校园外，包括类在不同的机构具有类似的能力。 这些实验室建议教学生的数学，科学和解决问题的技术的相互关系;扩大目前使用的在线教学技术，包括c-u-see-me技术为家庭绑定的残疾学生;并把这些跨学科课程的学生在KSC/PAFB扩展。 该项目的评估将包括比较使用交互式、跨学科教学法的课程与传统的基于讲座的课程的学生成功率、满意度和保留率。 与学院目前使用的其他在线教学方法相比，评估项目的影响也将揭示其对无法现场上课的残疾学生的价值。 方差分析将在课程结果上运行，以确定残疾学生是否通过使用C U SEE ME技术增加沟通和互动而提高了数学，科学和技术领域的成功率。