Integrating Campus Sustainability Initiatives and Data into Instructional Practices

将校园可持续发展举措和数据融入教学实践

• 批准号: 1245622
• 负责人: Susan Powers
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Clarkson University
• 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: 2013-02-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245622&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Campus; Sustainability; Initiatives; Data

A cyber-learning tool was developed to enable the integration of campus sustainability projects into a wide variety of classes as relevant, experiential learning sites. The broad goal of this endeavor is to engage undergraduate students in order to help them develop the STEM related skills needed in the 21st Century. The goal of this project is to develop, pilot and assess a framework that can be employed as a step towards future use at other universities. The framework includes the cyber-learning infrastructure for campus sustainability (CLICS), as well as examples of how these data can be used in project-based learning experiences, and an agenda for training instructors to design experiential learning modules using such a tool in their own classes. Assessment and evaluation provides preliminary evidence that the approach engages students and helps them excel in 21st century STEM skills. The development and assessment of a framework for cyber-infrastructure tools and training to help bring the value of CLICS into the classroom represents the primary intellectual merit of this project. CLICS includes specifications for sensors, data acquisition and a schematic-based open-source graphical interface to enable easy user access and interpretation. Eleven faculty members are trained to use CLICS in their classrooms, impacting over 300 students per year. Many classes that do address sustainability issues have a relatively high percentage of female students. Thus, this project disproportionately supports gender diversity in STEM classes.

开发了一个网络学习工具，以便将校园可持续性项目纳入各种课程，作为相关的体验式学习网站。这一奋进的广泛目标是吸引本科生，以帮助他们发展21世纪世纪所需的STEM相关技能。该项目的目标是制定、试行和评估一个框架，作为今后在其他大学使用的一个步骤。该框架包括校园可持续性网络学习基础设施（CLICS），以及如何将这些数据用于基于项目的学习经验的例子，以及培训教师在自己的课堂上使用这种工具设计体验式学习模块的议程。评估和评价提供了初步的证据，表明这种方法吸引了学生，并帮助他们在21世纪世纪STEM技能中脱颖而出。开发和评估网络基础设施工具和培训框架，以帮助将CLICS的价值带入课堂，这是该项目的主要知识价值。CLICS包括传感器、数据采集和基于示意图的开源图形界面的规格，以方便用户访问和解释。 11名教师接受培训，在课堂上使用CLICS，每年影响300多名学生。 许多涉及可持续性问题的班级女生比例相对较高。 因此，该项目不成比例地支持STEM课程的性别多样性。