Targeted Infusion Project: Building a Learner-centered Cyberlearning Environment in Computer-Aided Design Education

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。大草原视图A M大学将实施一个项目，题为：建立一个以学习者为中心的网络学习环境，在计算机辅助设计教育。世纪的工程专业学生进入了一个计算机辅助设计（CAD）工具无处不在的专业环境。今天的工业要求大学毕业的工程师谁是准备使用现代计算机辅助设计工具的技能。本计划将透过以学习者为中心的策略，加强学生对电脑辅助设计的学习。该计划将建立一个由学生制作的计算机辅助设计软件视频教程的电子图书馆;利用同学制作的视频教程教授学生计算机辅助设计;并调查学生制作的教程对学生学习计算机辅助设计的影响，以及他们对工程的兴趣和动机。通过该项目开发的视频教程库将通过互联网网站公开访问，供其他工程专业的学生和教师使用。视频教程还将通过合作伙伴促进合作工程教育计划传播-这是全球50所大学之间的合作。该项目将在大一机械工程制图实验室基础课程中实施，旨在教授学生工程制图和基于计算机辅助设计的三维建模。工程专业的学生将开发和利用屏幕播放，录制支持的音频，在电子存储库上发布屏幕播放，并组织点对点学习过程。屏幕播放是计算机屏幕输出的数字记录回放，通常包含音频叙述，以直观地呈现程序信息。 屏幕播放是电子学习设计的一个独特工具，因为它促进了一种负担得起的方式来制作多媒体教学，这种教学是真实的和激励性的，可以应用于各种教育环境。项目工作将推进关于如何在工程教育中有效利用网络学习的现有知识。该项目将为学生提供实践经验，在相同的先进的计算机辅助设计软件的行业使用。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. Prairie View A & M University will implement a project entitled: Building a Learner-centered Cyberlearning Environment in Computer-Aided Design Education. Engineering students in the 21st century enter a professional environment where computer-aided design (CAD) tools are ubiquitous. Today's industries demand that universities graduate engineers who are prepared with the skills to use modern computer-aided design tools. This project will enhance students' learning of computer-aided design through learner-centered strategies. The project will build an electronic library of CAD software screencast tutorials created by students; teach students CAD with the screencast tutorials created by their peers; and investigate the effects of the student generated tutorials on student learning of CAD, as well as their interest and motivation towards engineering. The screencast tutorials repository developed through this project will be made publicly accessible through an Internet website for use by other engineering students and faculty. The screencast tutorials will also be disseminated through the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education program - a collaboration among 50 universities around the world. The project will be implemented in the freshman Mechanical Engineering Drawing lab-based course designed to teach students engineering graphics and 3D modeling based on computer-aided design. Engineering students will develop and utilize screencasts, record the supported audio, post the screencasts on an electronic repository, and organize the peer-to-peer learning process. Screencast is a digitally recorded playback of a computer screen output which often contains audio narration, to visually present procedural information. A screencast is a unique tool for e-learning design because it promotes an affordable way of producing multimedia instruction that is authentic and motivating and can be applied in various educational settings. Project efforts will advance the current state of knowledge on how to effectively utilize cyberlearning in engineering education. The project will provide students with hands-on experience on the same advanced computer-aided design software used by industry.