Collaborative Research: Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3): Faculty Scholarship, E-science, and Open Curriculum

生物科学（61）该项目的目标是提供结构化的专业发展机会，使本科生物学教师参与探索当代教学实践。生物学、微生物学、解剖学和生理学教师参加了12个强调协作课程开发和基于项目的在线小组工作的研讨会。专业发展活动围绕有效利用现有和可公开获取的数字图书馆资料展开；网络计算和通信技术；E-science资源。该项目由匹兹堡大学和贝洛伊特学院联合开展，让生物学教师参与网络学习体验，并为他们帮助学生利用网络学习机会做好准备。这项工作为科学教育工作者如何利用新的知识共享工具使他们自己的学习更容易获得提供了见解，以及如何在专业教学社区中加强集体理解，从而在课堂上使用这些工具。该项目通过有效地利用公共材料和工具，帮助生物教师提高科学教学和学习，解决了社区大学科学教育者面临的挑战。通过与积极接触两年制教师的教学协会和数字图书馆合作，该项目可以接触到研讨会与会者和大量参与在线教师发展项目的教师。

Biological Sciences (61)The objective of this project is to provide structured professional development opportunities that engage undergraduate biology faculty in exploring contemporary teaching practices. Biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology faculty participate in twelve workshops emphasizing collaborative curriculum development and in project-based online group work. Professional development activities are built around the effective use of existing and publicly accessible digital library materials; networked computing and communications technologies; and E-science resources.This project, conducted jointly by the University of Pittsburg and Beloit College, engages biology faculty in cyberlearning experiences and prepares them to help their students take advantage of cyberlearning opportunities. This work provides insights into the ways that science educators take advantage of new knowledge-sharing tools to make their own learning accessible, and how enhancing the collective understanding in professional teaching communities informs the use of these same tools in classrooms.This project addresses challenges faced by community college science educators by helping biology faculty enhance science teaching and learning by effectively using publicly available materials and tools. By partnering with teaching societies and digital libraries that actively reach out to two-year faculty the project has access to workshop attendees and large numbers of teachers who participate in online faculty development projects.