I-Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L): Propagating and Scaling Educational Innovations

I-Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L)：传播和扩大教育创新

• 批准号: 1450644
• 负责人: Ashok Agrawal
• 金额: $ 35.48万
• 依托单位: American Society For Engineering Education
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1450644&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Learning; Propagating; Scaling; Educational

The I-Corps for Learning project addresses the problem of developing a well-prepared STEM workforce that is crucial to the Nation's health and economy, by laying the foundation for broad implementation of effective instructional practices and advances in education. I-Corps for Learning provides support for teams of educational innovators to accelerate and scale-up novel effective practices in a sustainable manner. Help for teams takes the form of workshops, mentoring, and participation in a cohort of like-minded educational innovators. The I-Corps-L approach attempts to utilize insights gained from bringing product discoveries to market to create an entrepreneurial approach to bringing learning innovations into situations where they can benefit society. Educational innovations in this case applies to developments that address K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research, as well as learning in informal science education environments. In providing organizational and logistical support, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is collaborating with the I-Corps-L Instructional Team led by Dr. Karl Smith. This project has the potential of helping to achieve the goal of educational transformation through propagation and scale-up of educational innovations.The I-Corps for Learning model is centered around participating three-person teams. Team composition includes a principal investigator who has developed an education innovation through prior support from the National Science Foundation, an entrepreneurial lead who is committed to leading the team through the investigation, and a mentor who understands the nature of successful education-focused innovations. Training includes an introductory three-day training session, five online sessions, and a closing two-day training session. This project is designed to fill the gap between educational innovations of proven effectiveness in enhancing student learning and the widespread use of such practices. I-Corps L, is based on a process of hypothesis testing and investigation along with clarification of user needs. This approach can benefit education researchers by helping them to develop ways to broaden the impact of innovations in teaching and learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In tandem with its logistical and organizational services ASEE is conducting an evaluation to assess individual sessions within the face-to-face meetings, overall elements of the multi-day training workshops, and handling of meeting logistics. In addition, the participants will answer formative questions throughout the effort to ensure success in meeting workshop objectives, and properly accommodate all aspects associated with the virtual sessions.

I-Corps for Learning项目通过为广泛实施有效的教学实践和教育进步奠定基础，解决了培养一支对国家健康和经济至关重要的准备充分的STEM劳动力的问题。I-Corps for Learning为教育创新者团队提供支持，以可持续的方式加速和扩大新颖的有效实践。对团队的帮助采取研讨会、指导和参与志同道合的教育创新者的形式。I-Corps-L方法试图利用从将产品发现推向市场中获得的见解，创造一种创业方法，将学习创新带入能够造福社会的环境中。 在这种情况下，教育创新适用于解决K-12，本科，研究生和博士后研究的发展，以及在非正式科学教育环境中学习。 在提供组织和后勤支持方面，美国工程教育协会（ASEE）正在与卡尔·史密斯博士领导的I-Corps-L教学团队合作。该项目有可能通过传播和扩大教育创新来帮助实现教育改革的目标。 团队组成包括一名首席研究员，他通过美国国家科学基金会的事先支持开发了一项教育创新，一名致力于带领团队完成调查的创业领袖，以及一名了解成功的教育创新本质的导师。 培训包括为期三天的入门培训课程、五个在线课程和为期两天的闭幕培训课程。 该项目旨在填补在提高学生学习方面证明有效的教育创新与广泛使用这种做法之间的差距。I-Corps L基于假设检验和调查过程，沿着用户需求的澄清。这种方法可以使教育研究人员受益，帮助他们制定方法，扩大科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教学和学习创新的影响。在提供后勤和组织服务的同时，亚欧会议正在进行一项评价，以评估面对面会议中的个别会议、多日培训讲习班的总体内容以及会议后勤的处理情况。此外，参与者将在整个过程中回答形成性问题，以确保成功实现讲习班目标，并适当适应与虚拟会议有关的所有方面。