Collaborative Research: Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3): Faculty Scholarship, E-science, and Open Curriculum

生物科学(61)这个项目的目标是提供有组织的职业发展机会，让本科生生物学教师探索当代的教学实践。生物学、微生物学、解剖学和生理学系参加了12个工作坊，强调协作课程开发和基于项目的在线小组工作。专业发展活动围绕有效利用现有和可公开获取的数字图书馆资料、网络计算和通信技术以及电子科学资源而建立。该项目由匹兹堡大学和贝洛伊特学院联合开展，让生物学教师参与网络学习体验，并为帮助他们的学生利用网络学习机会做好准备。这项工作洞察了科学教育工作者如何利用新的知识共享工具来使他们自己的学习变得可访问，以及如何在专业教学社区加强集体理解从而在课堂上使用同样的工具。该项目通过有效地使用公共可用的材料和工具来帮助生物教师提高科学教学和学习能力，从而解决社区大学科学教育工作者面临的挑战。通过与积极接触两年制教师的教学协会和数字图书馆合作，该项目可以接触到研讨会参与者和参与在线教师发展项目的大量教师。

Biological Sciences (61)The objective of this project is to provide structured professional development opportunities that engage undergraduate biology faculty in exploring contemporary teaching practices. Biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology faculty participate in twelve workshops emphasizing collaborative curriculum development and in project-based online group work. Professional development activities are built around the effective use of existing and publicly accessible digital library materials; networked computing and communications technologies; and E-science resources.This project, conducted jointly by the University of Pittsburg and Beloit College, engages biology faculty in cyberlearning experiences and prepares them to help their students take advantage of cyberlearning opportunities. This work provides insights into the ways that science educators take advantage of new knowledge-sharing tools to make their own learning accessible, and how enhancing the collective understanding in professional teaching communities informs the use of these same tools in classrooms.This project addresses challenges faced by community college science educators by helping biology faculty enhance science teaching and learning by effectively using publicly available materials and tools. By partnering with teaching societies and digital libraries that actively reach out to two-year faculty the project has access to workshop attendees and large numbers of teachers who participate in online faculty development projects.