BOT 2.0: Botany through Web 2.0, the Memex and Social Learning

BOT 2.0：通过 Web 2.0、Memex 和社交学习进行植物学

• 批准号: 0737466
• 负责人: Jane Greenberg
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-01 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737466&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BOT; 2.0; Botany; through; Web

Biological Sciences (61). This project is taking an innovative technological approach to recruiting students and retaining their interest in the biological and botanical sciences, and is addressing the lack of diversity in the student population pursuing the botanical sciences. The project involves introducing two groups of 8-12 students from area universities and community colleges to a three-phase curriculum involving reading and field exercises that incorporate inquiry-based learning, communal learning, and reflection. The curriculum utilizes a memex, an open source innovative memory framework allowing students to link and share digital information. The memex is supported by social software, also known as Web 2.0 technologies (e.g., blogs, wikis, instant messaging) and is providing a powerful means for augmenting student memory, aiding retention, and facilitating student engagement. The Bot 2.0 Memex technology architecture is open and flexible, including cell phones and free open-source desktop search tools, which makes it available for duplication in other institutional settings and disciplines. The project's primary goals are: (1) to use social software to connect students to the natural world to study botanical science; (2) to study how students organize information; (3) to examine the role and potential use of the memex framework (including a collaborative memex) to facilitate learning of STEM topics, and (4) to recruit students from diverse and underrepresented populations to the field of botany. The project team is developing and implementing evaluation instruments to assess student learning and memex use, bringing students to campus for a two-day collaborative camp experience to learn from experts in the field of botany and information science, and conducting an overall evaluation of student use of technology and student ability to cope with and depend on Web 2.0 technologies for academic use. The intellectual merits of this project include integrating social software, reflection, and self-monitoring into botany curricula, and testing the effectiveness of this strategy for using Web 2.0 technologies to support reflection and learning. The broader impacts of the project include its strong potential for transforming pedagogy and student learning experiences in a variety of STEM disciplines. In addition the project is broadening participation in the botanical sciences by focusing on recruiting underrepresented students. Project results are being disseminated in a variety of ways, including submission to the National Science Digital Library.

生物科学（61）. 该项目采用创新的技术方法招收学生，保持他们对生物和植物科学的兴趣，并解决学习植物科学的学生群体缺乏多样性的问题。该项目涉及介绍两组8-12名学生从地区大学和社区学院的三个阶段的课程，涉及阅读和实地演习，包括探究式学习，社区学习和反思。该课程利用memex，一个开源的创新记忆框架，让学生链接和共享数字信息。memex由社交软件支持，也称为Web 2.0技术（例如，博客、维基、即时消息），并为增强学生记忆、帮助记忆和促进学生参与提供了强有力的手段。Bot 2.0 Memex技术架构是开放和灵活的，包括手机和免费的开源桌面搜索工具，这使得它可以在其他机构设置和学科中复制。 该项目的主要目标是：（1）使用社交软件将学生与自然世界联系起来，以学习植物学;（2）研究学生如何组织信息;（3）研究memex框架（包括协作memex）的作用和潜在用途，以促进STEM主题的学习，以及（4）从多样化和代表性不足的人群中招募学生进入植物学领域。该项目小组正在开发和实施评估工具，以评估学生的学习和memex的使用情况，让学生到校园进行为期两天的合作营体验，向植物学和信息科学领域的专家学习，并对学生使用技术的情况以及学生科普和依赖Web 2.0技术用于学术用途的能力进行全面评估。该项目的智力优势包括将社交软件，反思和自我监控整合到植物学课程中，并测试使用Web 2.0技术支持反思和学习的策略的有效性。该项目更广泛的影响包括其在各种STEM学科中改变教学法和学生学习经验的强大潜力。此外，该项目还通过重点招收代表性不足的学生，扩大了对植物科学的参与。项目成果正在以各种方式传播，包括提交给国家科学数字图书馆。