Collaborative Research: Engaged Student Learning - Design and Development Level II: Using a Cyberlearning Environment to Improve Student Learning and Engagement in Software Courses

协作研究：学生参与学习 - 设计和开发第二级：使用网络学习环境提高学生对软件课程的学习和参与度

• 批准号: 1525120
• 负责人: Yujian Fu
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: Alabama A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1525120&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Engaged; Student; Learning

Due to the ubiquitous nature of software in the 21st century there is a great and increasing demand for software developers and programmers in the US. Both Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) academicians and practitioners agree that a comprehensive strategy to improve the number and quality of 21st century CS/IT workforce is needed. This project will assist colleges and universities in producing more well-qualified software developers through the use of a cyberlearning environment that builds on and extends WReSTT-CyLE (Web-Based Repository of Software Testing Tutorials), a cyberlearning environment for software testing. The project will: (1) investigate the impact that students' use of WReSTT-CyLE, at a cross-section of academic institutions, has on their software testing skills; (2) develop a theoretical framework of learning and engagement strategies that best support improvement of students' knowledge and skills in software courses for diverse student groups; (3) transform WReSTT-CyLE into a domain-independent cyberlearning environment for software and programming courses (SEP-CyLE) and repeat (1) above using SEP-CyLE for software courses; and (4) conduct biannual workshops to expose instructors to how SEP-CyLE may be used in the classroom to support pedagogy. The research in (1) will include mixed methods studies with both qualitative and quantitative components.

由于21世纪软件无处不在，美国对软件开发人员和程序员的需求不断增加。计算机科学和信息科技的学者和实践者都认为，需要制定一项全面的策略，以提高21世纪计算机科学和信息科技人才的数量和质量。该项目将通过使用网络学习环境来帮助学院和大学培养更多合格的软件开发人员，该环境建立在并扩展了用于软件测试的网络学习环境摔跤周期（基于web的软件测试教程存储库）之上。该项目将：(1)调查学生在学术机构的横截面上使用摔跤- cycle对他们的软件测试技能的影响；(2)制定学习和参与策略的理论框架，以最好地支持不同学生群体在软件课程中提高学生的知识和技能；(3)将wrestling - cycle转变为软件和编程课程的领域独立网络学习环境（sep - cycle），并将sep - cycle用于软件课程，重复上述步骤(1)；(4)每年举办两次研讨会，让教师了解如何在课堂上使用sep - cycle来支持教学。(1)中的研究将包括定性和定量成分的混合方法研究。