A Framework and Network for Evaluating the Impact of Ubiquitous Computing in K-12 Schools

用于评估 K-12 学校普适计算影响的框架和网络

• 批准号: 0231147
• 负责人: Andrew Zucker
• 金额: $ 112.47万
• 依托单位: SRI International
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-12-01 至 2005-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0231147&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Framework; Network; Evaluating; Impact; Ubiquitous

To guide large investments of time, effort, and money, policymakers need more evidence about the impacts of educational technology, but little information useful to them has yet been derived from evaluations of ubiquitous computing initiatives. SRI International is working with six partner organizations to develop a common framework for evaluating the impacts of ubiquitous computing on K-12 mathematics and science education.The framework is based on existing frameworks developed for other purposes (e.g., the EnGauge model developed by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Metiri Group) and on findings from a policy study conducted for this project designed to clarify policymakers information needs and their expectations about ubiquitous computing. Experienced evaluators from SRI International, the Metiri Group, the University of Virginia, the University of Minnesota, ROCKMAN ET AL, EDC's Center for Children and Technology, and Kent State University's Research Center for Educational Technology are also working as separate organizations conducting evaluations of many ubiquitous computing initiatives in several states.The framework to be developed by the group will be used to strengthen the individual evaluations and make them more responsive to policymakers' needs. By using a framework in which a variety of important evaluation questions about the impacts of ubiquitous computing on mathematics and science education can be framed and understood, we greatly increase the chances that knowledge will accumulate.The project team is posting the framework, evaluation findings, and syntheses of these findings on a project Web site. In addition, a number of new evaluation tools are being developed, and these, too, will be available through the Web. Information is also being disseminated through conference presentations and journal articles. Other evaluators, policy-makers, and practitioners are invited to make use of any of these products, which are intended to help strengthen evaluation work in the field of ubiquitous computing. A better understanding of ongoing ubiquitous computing initiatives, derived from evaluations, is expected to lead to improvements in mathematics and science education practices that use educational technology.

为了指导大量的时间、精力和金钱投资，政策制定者需要更多关于教育技术影响的证据，但对他们有用的信息很少来自于对普惠计算计划的评估。SRI国际正在与六个伙伴组织合作，开发一个通用框架，用于评估普适计算对K-12数学和科学教育的影响。该框架基于为其他目的而开发的现有框架（例如，由中北部地区教育实验室和Metiri集团开发的engage模型），以及为该项目进行的一项政策研究的结果，该研究旨在澄清决策者的信息需求和他们对普惠计算的期望。来自SRI国际、Metiri集团、弗吉尼亚大学、明尼苏达大学、ROCKMAN ET AL、EDC的儿童与技术中心和肯特州立大学的教育技术研究中心的经验丰富的评估人员也作为独立的组织在几个州对许多无处不在的计算计划进行评估。该小组将制定的框架将用于加强个人评价，并使其更符合决策者的需要。通过使用一个框架，在这个框架中，关于普惠计算对数学和科学教育的影响的各种重要评估问题可以被框定和理解，我们大大增加了知识积累的机会。项目团队在项目网站上发布框架、评估结果以及这些结果的综合。此外，一些新的评估工具正在开发中，这些工具也将通过Web提供。还通过会议发言和期刊文章传播信息。其他评估者、政策制定者和实践者被邀请使用这些产品中的任何一个，这些产品旨在帮助加强泛在计算领域的评估工作。从评估中获得的对正在进行的普适计算计划的更好理解，有望导致使用教育技术的数学和科学教育实践的改进。