Collaborative Research: A Field-Based Curriculum for Quantifying Deformation of the Earth's Surface with Lasers, GPS and Cameras

有一个强烈的需要，大地测量融入大学地球科学教学。大地测量学是研究地球的大小、形状和质量及其随时间的变化。大地测量学的最新发展彻底改变了我们对地球过程的理解，并产生了对社会有重大影响的发现。大地测量实地技术对于评估自然灾害和其他地质过程特别有价值。除科学研究外，大地测量技术还可用于各种商业和政府部门的应用。该项目的主要目标是通过将大地测量技术纳入地球科学实地教育，提高学生使用大地测量技术的技能。 实践，实地经验为学生提供了一个独特的学习机会，直接探索现象。在这个项目中，将为教师和学生编写课程材料，帮助他们了解各种大地测量实地技术。在这个为期两年的项目中，至少有240名地球科学本科生将直接受到影响，由于培训大学教师将学习材料纳入大学课堂，这一数字将在五年内增加到数千人。该项目为教师提供了一条有效地将大地测量技术融入实地经验的途径。该项目将显著扩大本科地球科学学生学习大地测量领域方法的资源，研究教师在实地经验中实施资源，并开发一个框架，以扩展到多种技术并达到多所大学。该项目将开发、测试和传播两个学习模块，其特点是与广泛的地球科学应用相关的大地测量场方法，并将包括学生学习的强有力措施和在短期课程中向教师传播开发的资源，以及对教师实施的研究。 联合国志愿人员组织、爱达荷州州立大学和印第安纳州大学之间的这种合作汇集了大地测量实地方法、实地教学、课程设计和科学教育研究方面的专门知识。科学教育资源中心（SERC）将提供评估咨询，研究支持，项目评估和网站托管。全国地球科学教师协会（NAGT）将支持传播。 学习单元将提供教学教师资源，以帮助学生发展批判性思维和在应用科学和学术科学方面取得成功所需的其他技能的方式教授大地测量技术。第二个重点是培训和传播，包括为教员举办技术和教学方面的短期课程，为改进实地和课堂教学方法提供途径。我们将在五所大学进行有效采用他人制作的野外教育教材的研究。在学习单元的实施和测试过程中收集的数据将通过分析教师在不同领域环境中采用课程材料的过程，为教育研究做出贡献。本研究将有助于更好地了解教师的需求，未来的课程开发的效率。

There is a strong need for integration of geodesy into university geoscience instruction. Geodesy is the study of the size, shape, and mass of Earth and their changes with time. Recent developments in geodesy have revolutionized our understanding of Earth processes and produced discoveries of significant impact to society. Geodesy field techniques are particularly valuable for assessment of natural hazards and other geologic processes. In addition to scientific research, geodetic technologies can be applied to a wide variety of commercial and government sector applications. The primary goal of this project is to improve students' skills in using geodetic technologies through their integration into geoscience field education. Hands-on, field-based experiences provide a unique learning opportunity for students to explore phenomena directly. In this project, curriculum materials will be developed for instructors and students that will help them learn about a variety of geodesy field techniques. During this two-year project at least 240 undergraduate geoscience students will be directly impacted with that number growing to several thousand within five years due to training university faculty to incorporate the learning materials into their college classes.This project provides a pathway for faculty to effectively integrate geodetic technologies in field experiences. This project will significantly expand resources for undergraduate geoscience student learning of geodetic field methods, research the implementation of resources by faculty in field experiences, and develop a framework to scale to multiple technologies and reach multiple universities. This project will develop, test, and disseminate two learning modules featuring geodetic field methods relevant for a wide array of geoscience applications, and will include robust measure of student learning and dissemination of developed resources to faculty members in short courses, as well as research of faculty implementation. This collaboration between UNAVCO, Idaho State University and Indiana University brings together expertise in geodetic field methods, field instruction, curriculum design, and science education research. The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) will provide assessment consulting, research support, project evaluation, and website hosting. National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) will support dissemination. The learning modules will provide instructional faculty resources to teach geodetic technologies in ways that help students develop critical thinking and other skills necessary to succeed in applied and academic sciences. A second emphasis will be on training and dissemination including short courses for faculty members with both technical and pedagogical aspects, providing a pathway for improved teaching methods in the field and classroom. We will conduct research on the effective adoption of field education teaching materials created by someone else at five universities. Data collected during the implementation and testing of learning modules will contribute to the body of educational research by analyzing the process of adoption of curricular materials by instructors in diverse field settings. This research will aid the efficiency of future curriculum development through better understanding of instructor needs.