Moving Biofilm Research into Teaching: A Prototype Interactive Web-Based Approach

（59）这是一个“概念验证”项目，展示了利用网络为生物膜工程和科学提供下一代、基于探究的、主动学习的教育资源的可行性。一个原型“超级教科书”将标准文本、图形、关键概念的交互动画、声音和声音融合成一个无缝的整体，目前正在开发和正式评估中。标准的Web站点创建技术正在被应用，以确保原型可以在所有平台上的任何常用Web浏览器上使用，使世界上任何人都可以访问它，而无需购买特殊的软件或硬件。该原型将作为超级教科书开发的通用模型，激励其他工程和科学学科创建类似的资源。这种超级教科书将以CD-ROM或DVD媒体形式提供，从而避免了在互联网上花费过多的下载时间。在蒙大拿州立大学由美国国家科学基金会支持的工程研究中心领导下，在过去的十年里，越来越多的专业人士对生物膜工程和科学进行了深入的研究。生物膜是许多行业非常关注的问题，因为每年处理它们的成本涉及数十亿美元。然而，生物电影的教育机会目前还不存在。该中心（现在被称为生物膜工程中心，简称CBE）在继续进行生物膜研究的同时，也开始关注教育。以本项目原型为代表的基于网络的教育工具将允许传统环境中的学生按照自己的节奏更好地学习，将支持远程或自学的学习者，并将允许没有该学科常驻专家的机构提供学习重要新概念的机会。

Engineering - Other (59)This is a "proof-of-concept" project which is demonstrating the feasibility of using the Web to deliver next-generation, inquiry-based, active learning educational resources for biofilm engineering and science. A prototype "hypertextbook" blending standard text, graphics, interactive animations of key concepts, voice, and sound into a seamless whole is being developed and formally evaluated. Standard Web-site creation technologies is being applied to ensure that the prototype can be used with any of the usual Web browsers on all platforms, making it accessible to anyone in the world without the need to purchase special software or hardware. The prototype will serve as a general model for the development of hypertextbooks, inspiring the creation of similar resources in other engineering and science disciplines. Such hypertextbooks will be made available on CD-ROM or DVD media, obviating the need for excessive download time over the Internet.Biofilm engineering and science has been the subject of intense research efforts by a growing number of professionals over the past decade, led by the NSF-supported Engineering Research Center at Montana State University. Biofilms are of great concern to many industries, as the cost of dealing with them involves billions of dollars each year. Yet educational opportunities in biofims are currently nonexistent. The Center (now called the Center for Biofilm Engineering, or CBE) is beginning a focus on education in parallel with its continuing mission of biofilm research. Web-based educational tools-represented by the prototype of this project-will allow students in traditional settings to learn better and at their own paces, will support distance or self-taught learners, and will allow institutions with no resident experts in the subjects to provide the opportunity to learn important, new concepts.