Integrating GPS and LIDAR Into Geoscience Education

将 GPS 和 LIDAR 融入地球科学教育

• 批准号: 1243582
• 负责人: Guoquan Wang
• 金额: $ 16.82万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1243582&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; GPS; LIDAR; Into; Geoscience

The project is integrating two geodetic technologies--Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)--into the undergraduate geoscience curriculum by 1) creating a new upper-level applications course at the University of Houston, 2) augmenting an existing field-methods course at the Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association field camp with GPS and LiDAR applications, and 3) conducting professional-development workshops for college faculty to incorporate GPS and LiDAR into their own courses at different levels of the curriculum. The pedagogical approach scaffolds inquiry-based cases and uses freely available online software to overcome complex data-processing challenges, allowing students to focus on applications and problem-solving. Project assessment is addressing the efficacy of the curriculum on undergraduate learning of high-precision GPS and LiDAR methodologies, the extent to which GPS and LiDAR integration augments geoscience problem solving more broadly, and effective strategies for faculty development to incorporate GPS and LiDAR into other undergradaute geoscience courses.The intellectual merit of the project lies in its infusion of cutting-edge high-precision technologies, increasingly used by geoscience professionals, into the undergraduate curriculum for application to a host of compelling geoscience topics. Broader impacts include professional development and dissemination of four modules which, together with the underlying strategies, enable use at other institutions and/or levels of the curriculum. The project also uses GPS and LiDAR to increase engagement and impart workforce-relevant skills to geoscience majors, including a high proportion of students from underrepresented minorities at the University of Houston.

该项目将两种大地测量技术-全球定位系统和光探测和测距-纳入本科生地球科学课程，具体做法是：1）在休斯顿大学开设一门新的高级应用课程，2）利用全球定位系统和光探测和测距应用程序扩大黄石大角羊研究协会野外营地现有的野外方法课程，以及3）为大学教师举办专业发展研讨会，将GPS和LiDAR纳入他们自己的课程的不同层次。教学方法支架基于调查的情况下，并使用免费提供的在线软件，以克服复杂的数据处理的挑战，让学生专注于应用和解决问题。项目评估旨在评估课程对本科生学习高精度GPS和LiDAR方法的有效性，GPS和LiDAR集成在多大程度上更广泛地增强了地球科学问题的解决，以及教师发展将GPS和LiDAR纳入其他本科生地球科学课程的有效策略。越来越多地被地球科学专业人员使用，进入本科课程，应用到一系列引人注目的地球科学主题。更广泛的影响包括专业发展和四个模块的传播，这些模块与基本战略一起，使其他机构和/或各级课程能够使用。该项目还使用GPS和LiDAR来提高参与度，并向地球科学专业的学生传授与劳动力相关的技能，其中包括休斯顿大学少数民族学生的高比例。