Use of multimedia, social media and gaming to teach neuroscience via mobile devices

使用多媒体、社交媒体和游戏通过移动设备教授神经科学

• 批准号: 1245452
• 负责人: John Walsh
• 金额: $ 19.91万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 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: 2013-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245452&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Use; multimedia; social; media; gaming

The Use of Multimedia, Social Media and Gaming to Teach Neuroscience Via Mobile Devices project creates an innovative online STEM educational platform for delivering undergraduate neuroscience curriculum that optimizes the use of multimedia, game psychology and social networking. The expected outcome of this novel approach to neuroscience education is an increase in student engagement, an expansion of the instructive reach of the professor beyond the classroom, and an improvement in student retention of course material. The web platform is all-inclusive and equipped to handle an entire semester's curriculum and promotes a classroom experience that enhances student engagement, affinity and knowledge in neuroscience beyond that achieved by traditional instructional methods. The use of HTML5 web design is key to use and dissemination of this project, since it ensures access from any computer or mobile device, regardless of its operating system. This extends the learning experience outside the classroom and it optimizes the use of open access educational multimedia that is available online by enhancing coordinated delivery. Professors are able to customize the integration of open access materials within the framework of their own course design. HTML design also guards against changes in web standards through its backwards compatibility. Social networking technologies used in the platform improve the learning process by fostering student collaboration and co-learning through familiar communication technologies. The game-mechanics in the platform immerse students in the course through reward and engagement mechanisms built into the game design. Ultimately, the neuroscience instructional platform creates a site for faculty and student development which illustrates best-practices for both instructors and students on how to effectively use it, including a blog for discussing success and failure. Impact on teachers and students is tested directly in a large general education (GE) course using proper statistical methods to evaluate the online platform's merit to science instruction. The principal investigator operates a neurophysiology research laboratory at USC, and is the professor in charge of implementing the proposed neuroscience education platform into his large GE course in neuroscience. Worldwide access by students, as well as professors who are seeking ways to modernize their own science courses, is enhanced by the immediate accessibility online offered by the platform employed in this project. Moreover, the project platform advances the potential for networking with developers of online science education tools, thus increasing collaboration and utilization of online educational resources developed through support by government grants and private foundations. The neuroscience course developed and the platform it is constructed into serves as a test case for easy-to-use platforms designed for instructors to create their own mobile-based learning environment for their field of STEM education.

通过移动设备使用多媒体、社交媒体和游戏来教授神经科学项目创建了一个创新的在线STEM教育平台，用于提供本科神经科学课程，优化多媒体、游戏心理学和社交网络的使用。这种神经科学教育新方法的预期结果是增加学生的参与度，扩大教授在课堂之外的指导范围，并提高学生对课程材料的记忆。网络平台是全方位的，配备处理整个学期的课程，并促进课堂体验，提高学生的参与，亲和力和知识的神经科学超越了传统的教学方法。使用HTML5网页设计是使用和传播这个项目的关键，因为它可以确保从任何电脑或移动设备访问，而不管其操作系统。这扩展了课堂外的学习体验，并通过加强协调交付优化了在线开放获取教育多媒体的使用。教授们能够在他们自己的课程设计框架内定制开放获取材料的整合。HTML设计还通过其向后兼容性来防止web标准的变化。平台中使用的社交网络技术通过熟悉的通信技术促进学生的协作和共同学习，从而改善了学习过程。该平台的游戏机制通过游戏设计中的奖励和参与机制让学生沉浸在课程中。最终，神经科学教学平台为教师和学生的发展创建了一个网站，为教师和学生展示了如何有效使用它的最佳实践，包括一个讨论成功和失败的博客。在一门大型通识教育（GE）课程中，使用适当的统计方法直接测试对教师和学生的影响，以评估在线平台对科学教学的价值。首席研究员在南加州大学经营一个神经生理学研究实验室，并负责将拟议的神经科学教育平台实施到他的大型神经科学GE课程中。世界各地的学生，以及正在寻找方法使自己的科学课程现代化的教授，都可以通过该项目所采用的平台提供的即时在线访问功能得到增强。此外，该项目平台提高了与在线科学教育工具开发人员联网的潜力，从而增加了通过政府拨款和私人基金会支持开发的在线教育资源的协作和利用。开发的神经科学课程及其构建的平台可作为易于使用的平台的测试案例，这些平台旨在为教师创建他们自己的STEM教育领域的移动学习环境。