The NextBio Project: A Student Collaboratory for Biology Cyberlearning

NextBio 项目：生物学网络学习学生合作实验室

• 批准号: 0918642
• 负责人: Frieda Reichsman
• 金额: $ 332.17万
• 依托单位: Concord Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0918642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NextBio; Project; Student; Collaboratory; Biology

The Concord Consortium, the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the Jackson Laboratory and several other partners are determining the feasibility of engaging students in experimentally-oriented bioinformatics and DNA science cyberlearning modules by developing and studying 17 computer-based instructional modules that can be used in high school biology courses. Students are working in virtual laboratories to conduct genetics research on populations of mythical dragons by manipulating models and simulations based on well-known genetic disorders. The modules require students to work collaboratively and publish their findings for peer review by the NextBio user community. The NextBio Project is also providing teachers with professional development in cutting-edge science content and cyberlearning environments. The project is answering important research questions pertaining to the impact of cyber-based learning materials on student learning with comparisons to traditional materials. The project will further educators' understanding of how biology teachers integrate cyberlearning into their classrooms and measure the effectiveness of virtual laboratories in teaching science to high school biology students.

康科德财团，缅因州数学和科学联盟，杰克逊实验室和其他几个合作伙伴正在确定的可行性，通过开发和研究17个基于计算机的教学模块，可用于高中生物课程的学生在实验为导向的生物信息学和DNA科学网络学习模块。学生们在虚拟实验室中工作，通过操纵基于众所周知的遗传疾病的模型和模拟，对神话龙的种群进行遗传学研究。这些模块要求学生协作工作，并发表他们的研究结果，供NextBio用户社区进行同行评审。NextBio项目还为教师提供尖端科学内容和网络学习环境方面的专业发展。该项目正在回答与基于网络的学习材料对学生学习的影响有关的重要研究问题，并与传统材料进行比较。该项目将进一步加深教育工作者对生物教师如何将网络学习融入课堂的理解，并衡量虚拟实验室在高中生物学生科学教学中的有效性。