Discovery Corps Fellowship: Cyber-Enhancing PUI Chemistry Programs by Cambridge Structural Database System Facilitated e-Learning and Undergraduate Research

Discovery Corps 奖学金：剑桥结构数据库系统促进电子学习和本科生研究的网络增强 PUI 化学项目

• 批准号: 0725294
• 负责人: Gregory Ferrence
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-15 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0725294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Discovery; Corps; Fellowship; Cyber; Enhancing

The Division of Chemistry supports Gregory M. Ferrence of Illinois State University as a Discovery Corps Senior Fellow for the 2007-2008 academic year. Ferrence will develop a teaching subset of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) along with educational modules centered on the use of the Cambridge Structural Database System (CSDS), which will be disseminated to ~twenty primarily undergraduate institutions and to the ten two-year colleges in the Chicago City Colleges Undergraduate Research Collaborative (URC), also supported by the Chemistry Division. Ferrence will visit the partner schools to provide workshops to participating faculty on the use of the CSDS and its incorporation into undergraduate teaching and research. The project also will make extensive use of cyber-learning and multi-site video conferencing to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices among faculty at the thirty diverse institutions. This project will build on Ferrence's involvement with the Chicago City Colleges URC and the NSF-supported STaRBURSTT (Science Teaching and Research Bring Undergraduate Strengths Through Technology) cyber-instrumentation consortium. Participating institutions will receive a complete, fully functional version of the CSDS to use in their coursework and undergraduate research programs. Faculty also will be expected to test beta versions of the CSDS modules to help develop tools more widely accessible to the undergraduate research/teaching community. More than seventy chemistry faculty and over a thousand students will be impacted over the tenure of this Discovery Corps project. The impact of this project will be measured from surveys collected from participating faculty.The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program seeks new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.

化学系支持伊利诺伊州立大学的Gregory M. Ferrence担任2007-2008学年的Discovery Corps高级研究员。 Ferrence将开发剑桥结构数据库（CSD）的教学子集，以及以使用剑桥结构数据库系统（CSD）为中心的教育模块，该模块将分散到二十个主要是本科机构，以及芝加哥城市大学的十二年中的两年学院，还支持了少年研究人员的研究。 Ferrence将访问合作伙伴学校，为参与CSD及其在本科教学和研究中纳入的教师提供讲习班。 该项目还将广泛利用网络学习和多站点视频会议，以促进三十多种机构的教师之间的思想和最佳实践交流。 该项目将建立在Ferrence与芝加哥城市URC和NSF支持的Starburstt（科学教学和研究带来的本科实力）网络鼓舞人心联盟的基础上。 参与的机构将获得CSD的完整，功能齐全的版本，用于其课程和本科研究计划。 还希望教师测试CSD模块的Beta版本，以帮助开发本科研究/教学社区更广泛地使用的工具。 在这个发现军团项目的任期内，将有70多名化学教师和一千多名学生受到影响。 该项目的影响将根据参与教师收集的调查来衡量。发现军团奖学金计划寻求新的博士后和专业发展模型，将研究专业知识与专业服务相结合。发现军团的研究员通过解决国家需求领域的项目来利用他们的研究专业知识。他们的项目增强了研究能力和基础设施，并有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。 Discovery Corps计划支持博士后研究员和高级研究员。