CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Cyberinfrastructure for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers (CyberQUEST)

CI-TEAM 实施项目：促进学生和教师高质量理解和参与的网络基础设施 (Cyber​​QUEST)

• 批准号: 1135555
• 负责人: Youwen Ouyang
• 金额: $ 99.99万
• 依托单位: California State University San Marcos Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1135555&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CI; TEAM; Implementation; Project; Cyberinfrastructure

This CI-TEAM Implementation Project, Cyberinfrastructure for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers (CyberQUEST) is implementing the successful strategies of a previous CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: San Diego CyberTEAM (OCI #0753422, 05/2008 - 10/2010) for broadening participation in cyber-activities through both teacher cyberinfrastructure (CI) expertise development and student CI-supported geosciences learning experiences at the middle school level. The CyberQUEST project is engaging 16 science teachers in a two-year program that includes week-long summer academies, Collaborative Lesson Study (CLS) rotations, ongoing mentoring and classroom support. The project nurtures a cadre of Lead Teachers who will be tasked with teaching future teachers in the CyberQUEST workshops. These Lead Teachers will also contribute to the iterative development and refinement of an innovative CI-enhanced geosciences curriculum for middle school. The curriculum units, referred to as TechQuest Lessons, provide technology (Tech) supported inquiries and investigations of concepts (Quests). Computer Science and Information Systems (CSIS) students at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) will work with education, geosciences, and computing experts to develop resources that leverage existing CI-investments and provide customized access to CI-tools for TechQuest Lessons. The CyberQUEST project has partnered with education leaders within California (Riverside, Los Angeles and Sacramento) as well as in Arizona and New Mexico, to disseminate TechQuests through CyberQUEST Workshops. The CyberQUEST Workshops target eleven cohorts of 16 science teachers, referred to as Quest Teachers, from respective local schools identified by the partner education leaders. All teacher participants implement TechQuest Lessons in their classrooms, thus extending the project and impact. TechQuests focus on inquiry-based problem-solving science activities to enhance students? learning of abstract science concepts. In this way the CyberQUEST project engages middle school students from diverse populations in innovative use of emerging CI-tools. Intellectual Merit: The CyberQUEST leadership and partners comprise a highly qualified team of educational, technology, and science experts with proven successes spanning over five years in designing and implementing CI-enhanced classroom activities that impact science learning and prepare students and teachers as a cyber-ready workforce. Reinforcing STEM topics, these TechQuest lessons enhance CI skills for students and teachers and are developed, field tested, reviewed by experts, and refined over the project duration and sustained through partnerships. The integration of research and learning is incorporated into key components of the project. Innovative aspects of the project include: (1) customized units of instruction that engage students in scientific investigations using real-time data accessed over cyberinfrastructure, (2) collaboration among university, research institutions, national and state parks, and middle schools, to leverage CI investments, (3) quality controlled development and dissemination of classroom ready, CI-enhanced, teacher-created geosciences curriculum, (4) use of the open source Learning Management System, Moodle, to provide social networking elements that support collaborative learning communities. Broader Impacts: The CyberQUEST project directly provides professional development for more than 192 science teachers in California, Arizona, and New Mexico from middle schools that serve high percentages of students from groups that are underrepresented in STEM careers. More than 10,000 middle school students will be engaged in CI-enhanced science learning activities and develop 21st century workforce skills as their teachers adopt the instructional strategies and CI skills gained from their professional development into classroom activities. Teachers will continue to impact workforce preparedness for additional students beyond the project duration and will further disseminate resources to teachers at their sites. TechQuest Lessons will be field-tested and refined in classrooms that serve populations of approximately 50% females and 50% minority students contributing to NSF?s initiatives of advancing understanding of how students from underrepresented groups learn science and are prepared to pursue STEM careers. The broad dissemination of the TechQuest Lessons through workshops and the project Web portal provide access to CI resources that enhance understanding of science concepts for adolescence far into the future. The project serves as a model for strong partnerships that supports integrated research and learning among multi-disciplinary groups of people and organizations.

这个CI- team实施项目“学生和教师对质量理解和参与的网络基础设施”（CyberQUEST）正在实施之前的CI- team示范项目“圣地亚哥网络团队”（OCI # 0753422,05 /2008 - 10/2010）的成功策略，通过教师网络基础设施（CI）专业知识的发展和学生在中学阶段的CI支持的地球科学学习经验，扩大网络活动的参与。CyberQUEST项目邀请16名科学教师参加为期两年的项目，包括为期一周的暑期学院、协作课程研究（CLS）轮岗、持续指导和课堂支持。该项目培养了一批领导教师，他们将负责在CyberQUEST研讨会上教授未来的教师。这些首席教师还将为不断开发和完善创新的ci增强中学地球科学课程做出贡献。课程单元，被称为TechQuest课程，提供技术（Tech）支持的查询和概念调查（quest）。加州州立大学圣马科斯分校（CSUSM）计算机科学与信息系统（CSIS）专业的学生将与教育、地球科学和计算专家合作，开发利用现有ci投资的资源，并为TechQuest课程提供定制的ci工具访问。CyberQUEST项目与加州（河滨、洛杉矶和萨克拉门托）以及亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的教育领导者合作，通过CyberQUEST研讨会传播TechQuests。CyberQUEST讲习班的目标是11组16名科学教师，称为Quest教师，由合作伙伴教育领导人确定，他们来自各自的当地学校。所有教师参与者都在他们的课堂上实施TechQuest课程，从而扩大了项目和影响。TechQuests专注于探究性的问题解决科学活动，以提高学生的能力？学习抽象的科学概念。通过这种方式，CyberQUEST项目吸引了来自不同人群的中学生创新地使用新兴的ci工具。智力优势：CyberQUEST的领导层和合作伙伴组成了一支高素质的教育、技术和科学专家团队，他们在设计和实施ci增强的课堂活动方面取得了超过五年的成功，这些活动影响了科学学习，并使学生和教师成为网络就绪的劳动力。这些TechQuest课程强化了STEM主题，提高了学生和教师的CI技能，经过开发、实地测试、专家评审，并在项目期间不断完善，并通过合作伙伴关系得以维持。研究和学习的整合被纳入项目的关键组成部分。该项目的创新方面包括：(1)定制教学单元，利用网络基础设施上获取的实时数据吸引学生参与科学调查；(2)大学、研究机构、国家和州立公园以及中学之间的合作，利用CI投资；(3)质量控制开发和传播课堂就绪、CI增强、教师创建的地球科学课程；(4)使用开源学习管理系统Moodle；提供支持协作学习社区的社会网络元素。更广泛的影响：CyberQUEST项目直接为加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的192多名中学科学教师提供专业发展，这些中学的学生比例很高，来自STEM职业中代表性不足的群体。随着教师将教学策略和从学生的专业发展中获得的CI技能运用到课堂活动中，10,000多名中学生将参与CI增强的科学学习活动，并培养21世纪的劳动力技能。在项目期间之后，教师将继续影响更多学生的劳动力准备，并将进一步向其所在地的教师分发资源。TechQuest课程将在教室里进行实地测试和改进，这些教室的学生中大约有50%是女性，50%是少数民族学生。我们的倡议是促进对来自代表性不足群体的学生如何学习科学并准备从事STEM职业的理解。通过研讨会和项目门户网站广泛传播TechQuest课程，提供了获取CI资源的途径，这些资源可以增强青少年对未来科学概念的理解。该项目是强有力的伙伴关系的典范，支持多学科群体和组织之间的综合研究和学习。