E-MATE 2.0: Building Capacity for Interactive Teaching and Learning

有强有力的证据表明，有针对性地使用交互式教学内容，可以创造一种沉浸式的非线性环境，吸引学生，提高学习和理解能力。该项目促进了互动式教学材料的创建和采用，同时为学生提供有吸引力的互动式内容，并解决了不断上升的教科书成本问题。研讨会和自定进度的在线课程将培训教育工作者使用免费和相对便宜的工具创建交互式内容，并使他们能够开发自己的交互式、沉浸式和引人入胜的学习元素，并与同事和学生分享他们所学到的知识和发展。该项目将通过注入互动性，帮助学生掌握困难的概念，并增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）课程的学生人数，对教学产生积极影响。现有的NSF中心和项目以及行业贡献者将被征求为交互式材料提供内容并审查已开发的材料。还将作出重大努力，让为代表性不足的人口服务的教师和机构参与进来。与五个ATE国家中心的合作将影响大量的学生和教师，包括参与的主题专家（sme）和他们的学生，以及与这些中心和整个ATE社区相关的大学、高中和个别教师。将通过这些伙伴现有的外联努力，在主要为少数民族服务的机构举行面对面讲习班，以及向与传统上为代表性不足的人口服务的教育工作者和机构有关的组织、出版物和社会媒体推广自定进度的在线课程，从而接触到代表性不足的人口。

There is strong evidence that the targeted use of interactive instructional content creates an immersive, non-linear environment that engages students and improves learning and understanding. The project advances the creation and adoption of interactive instructional materials within the ATE community simultaneously providing students engaging, interactive content and addressing spiraling textbook costs. Workshops and a self-paced online course will train educators to create interactive content using free and relatively inexpensive tools and empower them to develop their own interactive, immersive and engaging learning elements and share what they have learned and developed with colleagues and students.The project will positively impact teaching and learning by infusing interactivity with purpose to help students grasp difficult concepts and increase the number of students successfully completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Existing NSF centers and projects and industry contributors will be solicited to provide content for interactive materials and review the materials developed. Significant efforts will also be made to engage faculty and institutions that serve underrepresented populations. Collaboration with five ATE national centers will impact a significant number of students and faculty, including the participating subject matter experts (SMEs) and their students as well as colleges, high schools and individual faculty associated with these centers and the ATE community at-large. Underrepresented populations will be reached through existing outreach efforts of these partners, face-to-face workshops at predominantly minority-serving institutions and via promotion of the self-paced online course to organizations, publications and social media connected with educators and institutions that serve traditionally underrepresented populations.