Engaging Undergraduates in On-Line Inquiry Learning: A Case-Based CyberLibrary in Human Biology

让本科生参与在线探究学习：基于案例的人类生物学网络图书馆

• 批准号: 0341197
• 负责人: Merle Bruno
• 金额: $ 17万
• 依托单位: Hampshire College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0341197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engaging; Undergraduates; Line; Inquiry; Learning

This project addresses the need to engage introductory biology students and future teachers in critical thinking and problem solving. The work fosters active learning and provides inquiry-oriented biology materials that make learning biology exciting and relevant for all students. The products include 1) The Human Biology Case CyberLibrary, a powerful suite of medical case studies for undergraduates; and 2) a set of software tools to support student inquiry. Medical cases are adapted from cases developed for medical education, including some from Harvard Medical School. Based on prior funding from the CCLI program and the Department of Education we developed infrastructure software, inquiry tools and one human biology case. The current project is developing several additional cases and testing the effectiveness of the product and tools on student learning. We are examining how well the material supports inquiry learning and evaluating usability and changes in student attitudes towards scientific reasoning. This material is being tagged for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and submitted to and reviewed by BioQUEST. Intellectual merit: The work pushes the state of the art in the use of artificial intelligence, interactive multimedia, and web-based technology in biology education. Broader impact: The results have the potential to impact publishers, universities, for-profit companies, and individual authors who develop non-print educational materials.

这个项目解决了需要从事生物学导论学生和未来的教师在批判性思维和解决问题。这项工作促进主动学习，并提供探究导向的生物材料，使学习生物学令人兴奋和相关的所有学生。 这些产品包括1）人类生物学案例网络图书馆，这是一套功能强大的本科生医学案例研究;以及2）一套支持学生查询的软件工具。 医学案例改编自为医学教育开发的案例，包括一些来自哈佛医学院的案例。 基于CCLI计划和教育部的先前资助，我们开发了基础设施软件，查询工具和一个人类生物学案例。 目前的项目正在开发几个额外的案例，并测试产品和工具对学生学习的有效性。 我们正在研究如何以及材料支持探究学习和评估可用性和学生对科学推理的态度的变化。 该材料正在为国家科学数字图书馆（NSDL）标记，并提交给BioQUEST并由其审查。 智力优点：这项工作推动了在生物学教育中使用人工智能，交互式多媒体和基于网络的技术的最新发展。 更广泛的影响：研究结果有可能影响出版商、大学、营利性公司和开发非印刷教育材料的个人作者。