Collaborative Project: Integration of Shared Presentation Virtual Space in STEM courses

跨学科(99)这一合作项目实施了一个创新的、在线和实时的课程交付系统--共享演示虚拟空间(SPV)。SPVS技术通过改善学生表现和提高学生满意度的预期可衡量结果进行评估。该团队将这项技术应用到数学、生物和计算的几个不同的STEM课程中。该项目的结果是创建了一个虚拟课堂世界，通过创建实时讲座和课堂讨论来增强和丰富在线教育(OE)学生的学习体验。这一系统有助于学生和教育工作者的教育进程，因为它可以通过低带宽传输到该国的农村地区。本项目中使用的SPV课堂世界包括一种新兴媒介，在许多当今学生已经熟悉的领域(例如，计算机游戏、娱乐系统和可视化)中进行了演示。该项目的具体教学目标包括开发非传统在线讲座。该项目增强和丰富了OE学生的学习体验(通过创建实时讲课和课堂讨论)以及面对面(FTF)课程的学生(通过创建存档课程作为学习辅助工具，允许学生弥补他们可能错过的课程)。智力优势：SPVS系统旨在创建支持OE和FTF课程的合适基础设施，同时为学生提供一个环境，从而全面提高学生的表现和满意度。当学习环境允许学生看到、听到教师和其他学生并与之互动，并直接查看教育信息(如写在白板上的笔记)时，学生的成绩会有所提高。这种环境也增加了学生在课堂上的参与度，这有助于提高动力和满意度。更广泛的影响：SPVS系统对教师和所有学生，特别是经济困难的学生都是可访问的，因为SPVS系统使用的带宽很低，不需要昂贵的系统增强，也不涉及学生或教师的陡峭学习曲线。

Interdisciplinary (99)This collaborative project implements an innovative, online and real-time course delivery system, Shared Presentation Virtual Space (SPVS). The SPVS technology is evaluated through expected measurable outcomes of improved student performance and increased student satisfaction. The team implements this technology into several different STEM courses in mathematics, biology, and computing. The project results in the creation of a virtual classroom world to enhance and enrich the learning experience of online education (OE) students, by creating real-time lectures and class discussions. This system contributes to the educational process for students and educators because it can be delivered via low-bandwidth to rural areas of the country. The SPVS classroom worlds used in this project comprise an emerging medium demonstrated in many areas already familiar to today's student (e.g., computer games, entertainment systems, and visualizations). The specific instructional goals for this project include the development of non-traditional online lectures. The project enhances and enriches the learning experience of both OE students (by creating real-time lecture and class discussion) and also students in Face-To-Face (FTF) classes (by creating archived lessons as a study aid and that allow students to make up lessons they might have missed). Intellectual Merit: The SPVS system is designed to create a suitable infrastructure supporting OE and FTF classes, while providing students with an environment resulting in an overall increase in student performance and satisfaction. Student performance improves when the learning environment allows students to see, hear, and interact with the instructor and other students, and to directly view educational information, such as notes written on a whiteboard. This environment also increases student participation in class, which helps increase motivation and satisfaction. Broader Impact: The SPVS system is accessible to instructors and to all students, especially economically disadvantaged students, because the SPVS system uses low bandwidth, requires no costly system enhancements, and does not involve steep learning curves for students or instructors.