EAGER: Remote Sensing Curriculum Enhancement using Cloud Computing

这项急切的提议的首要目标是调查使用云计算的计算科学课程和研究可以很好地适合少数群体服务机构(MSI)的概念。云的许多方面对微星学院来说都很有吸引力。这个项目将对HBCU校园的遥感研究生课程进行增强，并后续增加两门课程来调查其目标。该项目是伊丽莎白城市州立大学(ECSU)、HBCU和印第安纳大学(IU)的合作项目。遥感应用程序收集的海量数据超出了传统计算系统的能力。这促使使用云服务和高性能计算(HPC)来支持相关的存储和计算。ECSU和IU开发的课程将通过基于云的在线技术交付给ECSU。这在目标和方法上都是一项高风险的探索性工作，如果成功，将为MSI和非MSI机构在云平台上进行教学和研究提供一个可扩展的模板。这一试点项目将试图利用HBCU的遥感课程和共享模块，在多种限制下，包括多机构协作课程开发和教学，以及使用新兴课程平台，为一系列非常多学科的专题引入课程和研究。一个重要的目标是确定必要的改进和资源，以扩大他们的想法，以便在MSI研究生和本科生课程和研究中更广泛地采用他们的模式。云计算有可能同时托管并行和分布式计算(例如，使用Hadoop)和学习资源(例如，大型在线公开课或MOOC)，这使得它们成为没有主要研究历史的大学关注的焦点，希望与研究密集型大学合作。项目活动将包括为ECSU和印第安纳大学的教师教授的ECSU遥感课程使用MOOC进行课程开发和授课，并结合虚拟和住宅模式。一个关键的目标是培训MSI的讲师，使他们能够有效地教授高级课程。为此，计划在2016年少数民族院校计算机和信息科学/工程系协会(ADMI)年会期间为MSI计算机科学教员举办一次MOOC教师研讨会，并为MSI学生举办一次MOOC机会研讨会。项目基础设施和技术的可伸缩性和健壮性将通过另外两门课程进行测试。将对课程结果进行评估，以了解这种跨多个学科和机构的共享课程的最佳做法。然后，该框架可以作为一个模板，在ADMI的MSI网络中系统地介绍多种课程、课程、教师培训、研究支持和电子资源。该项目将根据课程开发和提供使用云计算和MOOC技术的遥感必要培训的程度、教师如何能够在其课程中采用以及ADMI学院如何能够在其课程中实现云计算的制度化来进行评估。

The overarching goal of this EAGER proposal is to investigate the concept that Computational Science curricula and research using Cloud Computing can be well suited for Minority Serving institutions (MSI's). Many aspects of Cloud are compelling for MSI's. This project will employ enhancements to a graduate level course on Remote Sensing at a HBCU campus and follow up with two additional courses to investigate its goals. The project is a collaboration between Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), an HBCU, and Indiana University (IU). Remote sensing applications collect high volumes of data that exceed the capabilities of conventional computing systems. This motivates the use of Cloud services and high performance computing (HPC) to support the associated storage and computation. Classes developed at ECSU and IU will be delivered by cloud-based online technologies to ECSU. This is a high-risk exploratory work both in its goals and methods, and if successful will provide a scalable template for MSI and non-MSI institutions for their conduct of teaching and research over Cloud platforms. This pilot project will attempt to introduce curricula and research for a very multidisciplinary set of topics using the Remote Sensing course with shared modules at a HBCU with multiple constraints including multi-institutional collaborative curriculum development and teaching, and employment of emerging curricular platforms. An important goal is to identify needed improvements and resources to scale their ideas for following up on a broader adoption of their model in MSI graduate and undergraduate curricula and research. Cloud Computing potentially has the capability to host both parallel and distributed computation (e.g., using Hadoop) and learning resources (e.g., for massive open online courses or MOOC's), making them an attractive focus for universities without a major research history looking to participate with research intensive universities. The project activities will include course development and delivery using MOOC's for an ECSU Remote Sensing class taught by ECSU and IU faculty with a mix of virtual and residential modes. A key goal is to train the instructors at the MSI's to enable them to effectively teach the advanced course. For this, a MOOC teach-the-teacher workshop for MSI computer science faculty members and a MOOC opportunities workshop for MSI students are planned during the 2016 annual conference of Association of Computer and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI). The scalability and robustness of the project infrastructure and techniques will be tested with two additional courses. The courses' outcomes will be evaluated to understand the best practices of such shared curriculum across multiple disciplines and institutions. The framework can then be utilized as a template to systematically introduce multiple courses, curricula, teacher training, research support and electronic resources across the ADMI's MSI network. The project will be evaluated based on the extent to which the curriculum develops and provides the necessary training on remote sensing using Cloud Computing and MOOC technologies, how the instructors are able to adopt in their courses, and how the ADMI colleges are able to institutionalize Cloud computing in their course offerings.