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

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。草原景观农工大学将实施一个名为：在计算机辅助设计教育中建立以学习者为中心的网络学习环境的项目。21世纪的工科学生进入了一个计算机辅助设计(CAD)工具无处不在的职业环境。当今的工业要求大学毕业的工程师必须具备使用现代计算机辅助设计工具的技能。本项目将通过以学习者为中心的策略，促进学生学习计算机辅助设计。该项目将建立一个由学生制作的CAD软件屏幕录制教程的电子资料库；用他们的同龄人创建的屏幕录制教程教授学生CAD；以及调查学生生成的教程对学生学习CAD的影响，以及他们对工程的兴趣和动机。通过该项目开发的屏幕录像教程资源库将通过互联网网站向公众开放，供其他工程学学生和教职员工使用。截屏教程还将通过促进协作工程教育伙伴计划传播，该计划是全球50所大学之间的合作项目。该项目将在一年级机械工程制图实验室课程中实施，该课程旨在教授学生基于计算机辅助设计的工程图学和三维建模。工科学生将开发和利用截屏视频，录制支持的音频，将截屏视频发布到电子存储库，并组织点对点学习过程。Screencast是以数字方式录制的计算机屏幕输出的回放，其中通常包含音频旁白，以直观地呈现程序信息。截屏视频是一种独特的电子学习设计工具，因为它促进了一种负担得起的制作多媒体教学的方式，这种方式是真实和鼓舞人心的，可以应用于各种教育环境。项目努力将推动关于如何在工程教育中有效利用网络学习的知识现状。该项目将为学生提供与工业界使用的先进计算机辅助设计软件相同的动手体验。

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.