EAGER: The Experience of a Small College, at a Large Scale

加州大学圣地亚哥分校的这个项目将为大型研究型大学的计算机科学课程开发一个模式，将MOOC的课程和小型机构的高接触课程结合起来。项目团队将在大班环境中使用讲课、导师、助教(TA)、翻转课堂和同伴指导的组合。目标是确定这种方法是否会在大班大机构环境中带来高接触小班方法的好处，并伴随着成绩和留住能力的改善。该项目将包括在大班单人授课中创建小班。将通过教学助理和导师的参与来促进微型课堂，同时还将利用先前的同行指导经验。大型课程将由一名首席讲师授课，而每个微型班级将包括15-25名学生，并有一名专门的助教和几名专门的本科生导师。学生在听课时将被分组到他们的微班级中，然后在微班组中进行较小的讨论。在这些讨论环节中，学生将进行互动练习、挑战问题和课程内容的延伸。此外，学生将收到由导师提供的关于他们作业的广泛的个性化反馈，这与小型学院小班学生通常收到的反馈非常相似。项目评估将包括研究学生的态度、助教和导师的态度、学生在考试中的表现、课程结果，如不及格率和辍学率，留住女性和代表性较低的少数族裔学生，以及在后续课程中的表现。该项目将由本科生教育部门通过IUSE计划提供资金。

This project, at the University of California-San Diego, will develop a model for computer science classes at large research universities that incorporates lessons from both MOOCs and high-touch classes at small institutions. The project team will use a combination of lecture, tutors, teaching assistants (TAs), flipped classroom, and peer instruction within the large class setting. The goal is to determine if this approach will lead to the benefits of the high-touch small class approach within the large class large institution setting, with concomitant improvement in performance and retention.The project will include the creation of micro-classes within a large single-instructor course. The micro-classes will be facilitated through the involvement of teaching assistants and tutors, while also leveraging prior experience with peer instruction. The large course will be taught by a single lead instructor, while each micro-class will include 15-25 students and have a dedicated teaching assistant and several dedicated undergraduate tutors. Students will be grouped in their micro-classes when they attend the course lectures, and then have smaller discussion sessions within the micro-class grouping. During these discussion sessions, student will work on interactive exercises, challenge problems, and extensions of the material covered in lecture. In addition, students will receive extensive personalized feedback on their assignments, provided by the tutors, much like the feedback typically received by students in small classes at small colleges. Project evaluation will include study of student attitudes, TA and tutor attitudes, student performance on exams, course outcomes such as failure and drop rates, retention of women and underrepresented minority students, and performance in subsequent classes. This project will be funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education through the IUSE program.