Pilot Study for a "Course-Less" Curriculum

“无课”课程试点研究

• 批准号: 0230681
• 负责人: Robert Knox
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0230681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pilot; Study; Course; Less; Curriculum

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230681PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Knox, RobertINSTITUTION NAME: University of Oklahoma Norman CampusTITLE: Planning Grant: Pilot Study for a "Course-less" CurriculumAbstractWork in this planning grant would build upon the Sooner City project, which is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threaded throughout the Oklahoma University civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year. Freshmen are given a plat of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, is turned into a blueprint for Sooner City's infrastructure. Among other things, the project promotes five outcomes not always addressed by traditional curricula, but which are emphasized by ABET 2000: team building, communication, leadership, design, and higher level learning skills. For practical purposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the context of the traditional "course-dictated" curriculum. While this strategy promotes faculty buy-in and minimizes institutional cost, the above outcomes may be more fully realized if the curriculum were more flexible, viz, provide basic engineering science skills and tools to the students on an as-needed basis to complete the project. Thus, the objective of this planning grant is to pilot a move toward a project-driven, "course-less" curriculum. In this setting, "course-less" does not refer to "no courses." Rather, there would be "less" of them because traditional courses that teach basic concepts would be replaced with self-paced modules.Specifically, the Sooner City project, through water supply and distribution design tasks, will provide context for learning the principles of engineering fluid mechanics. When students are faced with a new analysis or design task for which they do not have the prerequisite fluids background, the tools will be provided to them on a just-in-time basis via interactive modules. Within this framework, the proposed pilot project can be broken down into three subtasks: development of self-paced learning modules for core areas of fluid mechanics that take full advantage of information technology; development of Sooner City design projects that integrate these modules in a just-in-time fashion; assessment of the efficacy of the methods. Outcomes from the project will provide the needed insight to direct future steps toward a more robust "course-less" educational experience.

提案编号：0230681校长：诺克斯，罗伯特机构名称：俄克拉荷马州大学诺曼校区标题：规划补助金：“无课程”课程的试点研究摘要这项规划补助金的工作将建立在Sooner City项目的基础上，这是一个全面的，综合的基础设施设计项目，贯穿于俄克拉荷马州大学的土木工程课程，从大一开始。大一新生会得到一片未开发的土地，到他们毕业时，这片土地已经变成了城市基础设施的蓝图。除其他外，该项目还促进了传统课程不总是解决的五个成果，但ABET 2000强调了这五个成果：团队建设、沟通、领导力、设计和更高水平的学习技能。出于实际目的，最初的“越早城市”项目是在传统的“课程口述”课程的背景下实施的。虽然这一战略促进教师购买和最大限度地减少机构成本，上述成果可能会更充分地实现，如果课程更灵活，即，提供基本的工程科学技能和工具，以学生按需完成项目。因此，这一规划补助金的目标是试点走向项目驱动的“无课程”课程。在这种情况下，“无课程”并不是指“没有课程”。相反，它们会“更少”，因为教授基本概念的传统课程将被自定进度的模块所取代。具体而言，Sooner City项目将通过供水和分配设计任务，为学习工程流体力学原理提供背景。当学生面临一个新的分析或设计任务，他们没有先决条件的流体背景，工具将提供给他们在一个即时的基础上，通过交互式模块。在这一框架内，拟议的试点项目可分为三个子任务：充分利用信息技术，为流体力学的核心领域开发自定进度的学习模块;开发以即时方式整合这些模块的“更快城市”设计项目;评估这些方法的功效。该项目的成果将提供所需的洞察力，指导未来走向更强大的“无课程”教育体验。