Workshop on Improving Education in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Through Use of Technology

该奖项由数学和物理科学局（MPS）的多学科活动办公室（OMA）和教育和人力资源局（EHR）的本科教育部（DUE）共同支持。 它为一个关于利用技术改进数学和物理科学本科教育的讲习班提供资金。 研讨会将于1999年7月20日至22日在弗吉尼亚州的阿灵顿举行，将涉及大约90名精通MPS学科研究和本科教育以及在这些环境中使用技术的参与者。 在威斯康星州大学的亚瑟埃利斯教授和一个广泛知情的外部指导委员会的指导下，工作坊将寻求确定目前在本科MPS教育中使用技术的有效做法;有利于MPS学科本科教育技术发展的MPS研究;挑战和机遇，以加强在MPS学科的学习，通过有效利用技术;战略，使MPS社区在本科教育中更有效地利用技术;确保各类机构获得有效技术的机制。 研讨会还将讨论技术辅助学习对研究和教育一体化的影响; K-12教师教育和持续专业发展;提高在MPS学科中代表性不足的群体的参与和成功;本次研讨会的报告将对大学生科学技术的有效利用提供重要的指导MPS学科的教育。

This award is jointly supported by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). It provides funding for a workshop on improving undergraduate education in the mathematical and physical sciences through use of technology. The workshop will be held July 20-22, 1999 in Arlington, VA and will involve approximately ninety participants well versed in research and undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines and in the use of technology in those settings. Under the direction of Professor Arthur Ellis of the University of Wisconsin and a broadly informed external steering committee, the workshop will seek to identify current effective practices in the use of technology in undergraduate MPS education; research in MPS that benefits the development of technology for undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines; challenges and opportunities to enhance learning in the MPS disciplines through the effective use of technology; strategies to engage the MPS community in the more effective use of technology in undergraduate education; and mechanisms to ensure access to effective technologies by all genre of institutions. Also to be addressed by the workshop are implications that technology-assisted learning has for the integration of research and education; K-12 teacher education and continued professional development; increased participation and success of groups underrepresented in the MPS disciplines; and increased scientific literacy for all citizens.The report from this workshop is expected to provide important guidance to the effective utilization of technology in undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines.