I3: A Cyberinfrastructure and Communication-Based Model to Foster Innovation that Broadens Participation in STEM Fields through Institutional Integration

I3：基于网络基础设施和通信的模型，促进创新，通过机构整合扩大 STEM 领域的参与

• 批准号: 0963648
• 负责人: Howard Daudistel
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963648&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: I3; Cyberinfrastructure; Communication; Based; Model

A Cyber-infrastructure and Communication-Based Model to Foster Innovation that Broadens Participation in STEM Fields through Institutional Integration brings together NSF/EHR awards from the ADVANCE, AGEP, CCLI, GK-12, LSAMP, REU, and S-STEM programs, as well as other work, around the I3 integrative theme(s) of broadening participation and the integration of research and education. A Cyber-infrastructure and Communication-Based Model to Foster Innovation that Broadens Participation in STEM Fields through Institutional Integration will transcend departmental silos and hierarchical administrative structures to transform the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) into an institution in which faculty are committed to sharing resources, collaboration is supported through recognition and rewards, and effective practices emanating from NSF-funded awards at UTEP focused on broadening participation are extended across the university. The discussions among diverse faculty members and administrators facilitated by the model are expected to stimulate innovation in preparation of students for undergraduate and graduate education in STEM areas and result in proactive strategies that provide effective avenues for sustainability. The unique mechanisms for obtaining this institutional collaborative culture are the development of the Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) and communication structures (Provost-led STEM Council and Special Interest Groups) that can drive innovation and extend and sustain the impact of efficacious broadening participation initiatives. In the context of this proposal, CI refers to the technical infrastructure, organizational practices, and social interactions that support data and resource sharing, as well as efforts that cross boundaries within or outside the organization. The anchor for this I3 project is the NSF CREST-funded Cyber-ShARE Center, which has expertise in CI and cross-disciplinary collaborations. The Cyber-ShARE Center (using Cyber-Infrastructure to Share resources to Advance Research and Education) brings the experiences and base to serve as the foundation for this effort, which will integrate its work and initially that of projects that have demonstrated effectiveness in broadening participation at all levels of the academic continuum.The CI will be developed to support the project in the following ways: 1) semantically annotated websites; 2) accessible databases that can be used to inform faculty, staff, and administrators on matters relevant to research projects and data relevant to broadening participation; 3) Web portal that supports networking, collaborations, and shared activities centered on Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on broadening participation; and 4) intra-campus communications facilitated by the Provost-Led STEM (ProSTEM) Council. Initially, NSF-funded projects contribute data to the CI and other UTEP faculty members make use of this information in developing their own future endeavors. Over time, information from efforts funded by sources other than NSF provide information to the CI as collaboration among faculty and administrators becomes the new norm in this culture of collaboration. This institutional transformation involves defining practices, procedures, and policies on campus that support linkages among projects, cross-fertilization of practices, and identification of new research directions. By engaging faculty across disciplines, projects benefit from discussions that analyze common threads from multiple perspectives. The CI will improve the efficacy of the University's programmatic and evaluation frameworks for monitoring activities and measuring student progress. This I3 endeavor allows UTEP to take a more proactive approach to creating a culture of collaboration by establishing the CI and communication structures to enable the study and understanding of professional organizational relationships. The integration of STEM interests at UTEP provides value-added in a minimum of three organizational CI domains. It is expected that: 1) the number and extent of reciprocal relationships among STEM interest groups will be much larger than the number and extent of non-reciprocal relationships (degree of hierarchy); 2) the lateral, peer-to-peer networks will see heavy interaction and activity, indicating dispersed global activity rather than activity with a few focal points in the local community (degree of centralization); and 3) there will be fewer hierarchical levels for access to problem solutions, and information for solving problems, than a traditional STEM educational and research enterprise structure (hierarchical levels in the emergent portal).

通过机构整合扩大 STEM 领域参与的网络基础设施和基于通信的模型，汇集了来自 ADVANCE、AGEP、CCLI、GK-12、LSAMP、REU 和 S-STEM 项目的 NSF/EHR 奖项以及其他工作，围绕扩大参与和研究与教育一体化的 I3 综合主题。通过机构整合扩大 STEM 领域参与度的网络基础设施和基于通信的模型将超越部门孤岛和层级管理结构，将德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校 (UTEP) 转变为一所教师致力于共享资源、通过认可和奖励支持协作以及来自 UTEP 的 NSF 资助奖项的有效实践的机构 扩大参与范围遍及整个大学。该模型促进的不同教职人员和管理人员之间的讨论有望激发创新，帮助学生为 STEM 领域的本科和研究生教育做好准备，并制定积极主动的战略，为可持续发展提供有效途径。 获得这种机构协作文化的独特机制是网络基础设施（CI）和沟通结构（教务长领导的 STEM 理事会和特殊兴趣小组）的发展，这些结构可以推动创新并扩展和维持有效的扩大参与计划的影响。 在本提案中，CI 指的是支持数据和资源共享的技术基础设施、组织实践和社交互动，以及跨越组织内部或外部边界的努力。该 I3 项目的支柱是 NSF CREST 资助的 Cyber​​-SharARE 中心，该中心拥有 CI 和跨学科合作方面的专业知识。网络共享中心（利用网络基础设施共享资源以推进研究和教育）带来了经验和基础，作为这项工作的基础，该中心将整合其工作和最初在扩大学术连续体各个层面的参与方面已证明有效的项目的工作。 CI 将通过以下方式开发以支持该项目：1）语义注释网站； 2）可访问的数据库，可用于向教职员工和管理人员通报与研究项目相关的事项以及与扩大参与相关的数据； 3) 支持以特殊兴趣小组 (SIG) 为中心的网络、协作和共享活动的门户网站，以扩大参与范围； 4) 由教务长领导的 STEM (ProSTEM) 理事会促进的校园内交流。 最初，NSF 资助的项目向 CI 提供数据，其他 UTEP 教员利用这些信息来发展自己的未来事业。 随着时间的推移，由 NSF 以外的其他来源资助的工作信息也会向 CI 提供信息，因为教师和管理人员之间的合作已成为这种合作文化的新规范。 这种机构转型涉及定义校园内的实践、程序和政策，以支持项目之间的联系、实践的交叉传播以及新研究方向的确定。 通过跨学科的教师参与，项目可以从从多个角度分析共同线索的讨论中受益。 CI 将提高大学用于监控活动和衡量学生进步的计划和评估框架的效率。 I3 的这一努力使 UTEP 能够采取更积极主动的方法，通过建立 CI 和沟通结构来创建协作文化，以实现对专业组织关系的研究和理解。 UTEP 的 STEM 兴趣整合为至少三个组织 CI 领域提供了增值。 预计：1）STEM利益群体之间的互惠关系的数量和程度将远大于非互惠关系的数量和程度（等级程度）； 2) 横向的点对点网络将出现大量的互动和活动，表明全球活动是分散的，而不是在当地社区有几个焦点的活动（集中程度）； 3) 与传统的 STEM 教育和研究企业结构（新兴门户中的层次结构）相比，用于访问问题解决方案和解决问题的信息的层次结构会更少。