Targeted Infusion Project: Piloting a Physics Partnership

定向输注项目：试点物理合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1332449
• 负责人: Donald Walter
• 金额: $ 39.99万
• 依托单位: South Carolina State 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: 2013-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332449&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Piloting; Physics

The Targeted Infusion Project will form a partnership between physics programs at South Carolina State University (SCSU) and Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCtech) that will strengthen both programs and serve as a model of best practices for developing collaborations. This partnership will be accomplished through shared resources and a variety of activities that include curriculum revision, infusing cyberlearning into the coursework and faculty training in current pedagogical methods. Efforts include an improved approach to recruitment and retention that focuses on the first year, both for freshmen entering college and for transfer students transitioning from OCtech to SCSU. Partner institutions will use a variety of means to strengthen the academic and social support for majors such as bringing first year students in contact with seniors through hands-on research experiences. Activities and products include institutionalization of five new courses, such as the LabVIEW course at OCtech and the Research Methods class at SCSU; development of renewable energy lab exercises; and online modules created for the physics courses that will lead to the use of flip instruction at both institutions. Finally, the introduction of iLabs will enable the development of the first physics hybrid course, mixing lab exercises that are online with others that are taught face-to-face.The growing need for STEM graduates in this country is well documented as is the underrepresentation of minorities in STEM disciplines, particularly in the field of physics. This project will address these issues by strengthening the physics program at SCSU through a partnership with OCtech to improve recruitment and retention. Lessons learned from the adoption of products, practices and techniques such as on-line tutorials, iLabs and Invention Instruction, will serve as a model for teaching physics at other HBCUs. Attainment of the project goal, to form a successful physics partnership between two institutions, will serve as a model of best practices for STEM collaborations at other institutions.

定向输注项目将在南卡罗来纳州立大学(SCSU)和奥兰治堡-卡尔霍恩技术学院(OTech)的物理项目之间形成合作伙伴关系，这将加强这两个项目，并成为发展合作的最佳实践的典范。这一伙伴关系将通过共享资源和各种活动来实现，其中包括修订课程、将网络学习融入课程工作以及以当前的教学方法对教师进行培训。努力包括改进招生和留住方法，重点放在第一年，既针对进入大学的新生，也针对从华侨城技术学院过渡到南加州大学的转校生。合作机构将采用多种手段加强对专业的学术和社会支持，如通过实践研究体验让一年级学生接触到高年级学生。活动和产品包括将五门新课程制度化，例如华中理工学院的LabVIEW课程和SCSU的研究方法课程；开发可再生能源实验室练习；以及为物理课程创建的在线模块，将导致这两个机构使用翻转教学。最后，iLabs的引入将使第一门物理混合课程的开发成为可能，将在线的实验室练习与其他面授的实验练习混合在一起。美国对STEM毕业生日益增长的需求是有据可查的，在STEM学科，特别是在物理领域，少数民族的代表性不足也是有据可查的。该项目将通过与华侨大学合作加强华南理工大学的物理项目来解决这些问题，以改善招聘和留住。从采用在线教程、iLabs和发明教学等产品、做法和技术中学到的经验教训，将成为其他HBCU物理教学的典范。在两个机构之间建立成功的物理伙伴关系这一项目目标的实现，将成为其他机构STEM合作的最佳做法的典范。