Doane DIVAS: Digital Imaging and Vision Applications in Science

科学中的数字成像和视觉应用（DIVAS）项目将通过创建计算材料的教学和程序“入口”，使自然科学专业的学生能够参与真正的计算问题，对促进国家的繁荣和福利具有重大意义和重要性。 DIVAS 最终将增加受过计算训练的熟练科学家进入劳动力市场的数量，解决这些工人的严重短缺问题。 DIVAS 的目标是开发、使用和测试教学实践和课程创新，吸引和培训 STEM 本科生进行与图像处理相关的计算和计算。范围将是评估传统课堂环境、非正式培训“训练营”以及本科生研究环境中的实践和创新对学生自我效能、计算能力以及预期和实际职业道路的影响。该项目团队将使用现有的工具来评估计算方面的自我效能，并将开发一种新工具来评估各种教育环境中的计算能力。每次学生参与 DIVAS 创新时，都会评估自我效能、计算技能和职业选择的增长。该合作项目将建立并加强与主要学术机构和组织的合作伙伴关系，并将优先考虑在更广泛的 DIVAS 网络中采用的实践和创新。 DIVAS 将测试传统学习环境、非正式培训环境和专业环境中教育干预措施的有效性。

The Digital Imaging and Vision Applications in Science (DIVAS) project will have strong significance and importance toward advancing the prosperity and welfare of the country by creating a pedagogical and programmatic 'onramp' of computational materials that empower natural science majors to engage in authentic computational problems. DIVAS will ultimately increase the number of skilled computationally trained scientists entering the workforce, addressing the critical shortage of these workers. DIVAS' goal is to develop, use, and test instructional practices and curricular innovations that will engage and train STEM undergraduates in computation and computing related to image processing. The scope will be to assess practices and innovations in the traditional classroom environment, in informal training 'boot camps', and in undergraduate research settings for their impact on student self-efficacy, computational competency, and intended and actual career paths. The project team will use an established instrument for assessing self-efficacy in computation and will develop a new tool to assess computational competency across a wide range of educational settings. Growth in self-efficacy, computational skills, and career choice will be assessed each time a student engages in a DIVAS innovation. This collaborative project will establish and strengthen partnerships with key academic institutions and organizations and will prioritize practices and innovations for adoption within a broader DIVAS network. DIVAS will test the effectiveness of educational interventions occurring in the traditional learning environment, in informal training environments, and in professional settings.