CDI-Type I: Transformative Models of Learning and Discovery in Cultures of Participation

在Web 2.0网络基础设施的推动和支持下，社会计算的兴起导致了参与文化的兴起——在这种文化中，所有人都被提供了积极参与个人有意义的问题和社区问题的手段。科罗拉多州的博尔德市最近被命名为第一个“智能电网”城市，在这种情况下，有关电力分配和使用决策的许多选择将在个人家庭和社区层面上实现，这将导致最智能的资源利用。这一发展为探索学习和发现的可能转变提供了机遇和挑战，包括：(1)允许被动的消费者成为主动的决策者和贡献者；(2)民主化参与；(3)解决系统问题，这些问题需要超越个人思维的计算方法，需要协作行动。CDI第一类提案提出的首要研究问题是：通过支持和培养参与文化，学习和发现可以实现哪些根本性的转变？该项目将利用学生的积极参与以及焦点小组和访谈。该项目得到了大学可再生和可持续能源研究所、博尔德市、Tendril公司和一个大学生联盟的支持。该项目还将包括一个课后俱乐部项目和一个面向弱势群体的暑期学校项目。

The rise in social computing facilitated and supported by Web 2.0 cyberinfrastructures has resulted in a rise in cultures of participation---in which all people are provided with the means to participate actively in personally meaningful problems and problems within their community. Boulder, Colorado was recently named the first "smart grid" city such that many choices about the allocation of electrical power and use decisions will be accessible at the individual household and community level under the notion that this will lead to the most intelligent use of resources. This development represents opportunities and challenges for exploring a possible transformation of learning and discovery including: (1) allowing passive consumers to become active decision makers and contributors; (2) democratizing participation; and (3) solving systemic problems that necessitate computational approaches that transcend the individual human mind and require collaborative actions. The overarching research question addressed by this CDI Type I proposal is: What fundamental transformations of learning and discovery can be achieved by supporting and fostering cultures of participation? The project will make use of active ongoing participation of students as well as focus groups and interviews. The project has the support of the University's Renewable and Sustainable Energy institute, the City of Boulder, Tendril Inc., and a university student alliance. The project will also include an afterschool club program and a summer school program that serves underrepresented audiences.