EAGER - GLOBE (NSF16-031): Collaborative Research: Leveraging GLOBE student and citizen science data on the Flyover Country mobile platform for place-based, data-driven education

EAGER - GLOBE (NSF16-031)：协作研究：利用 Flyover Country 移动平台上的 GLOBE 学生和公民科学数据进行基于地点的数据驱动教育

• 批准号: 1643277
• 负责人: Anders Noren
• 金额: $ 17.07万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; GLOBE; NSF16; 031; Collaborative

This project will focus on developing the capacity to expose and visualize GLOBE data collected by citizen scientists and students in the geoscience mobile app Flyover Country (FC). This application for mobile devices displays Earth data and geologic maps drawn from public databases, and caches this information on the mobile device for offline use. The user can then access a wealth of curated geoscience content while in flight, on a road trip, or on a hike. In addition to presenting GLOBE data alongside with other data, the project will develop associated visualization and interactivity functions for FC. These functions include a "mission" or "call to action" for the user to collect GLOBE observations if his or her driving FC path intersects a region that is underrepresented with respect to GLOBE data; a time slider to visualize changes in data point values over time (i.e., the past 20 years of GLOBE data collection); and an application programming interface to improve access to GLOBE data. These functions will be of great utility not only to the GLOBE user cases, but also to all users of FC and potential users/analysts of GLOBE data. GLOBE data in FC will also benefit from novel cartographic visualization strategies being developed.It is expected that GLOBE data will accessible to the 100,000 users of FC. In addition, there is the possibility of developing new exercises for use in classrooms where computers may be limited, but access to mobile devices may be more within reach. The investigators will assess the use of FC-with-GLOBE in the classes at a community college, and use the same assessments with other groups, including diverse undergraduate students conducting research, Native American students in K-12 science camps, and students in attending universities and field camps. The results will be shared in one or more publications. The promotion of the GLOBE Program to the academic research community, through the incipient development of FC as a research application, will raise awareness of the program as a highly desirable partner for developing meaningful broader impacts activities.

该项目将重点开发能力，以公开和可视化公民科学家和学生在地球科学移动应用程序 Flyover Country (FC) 中收集的 GLOBE 数据。该移动设备应用程序显示从公共数据库提取的地球数据和地质图，并将这些信息缓存在移动设备上以供离线使用。然后，用户可以在飞行、公路旅行或徒步旅行时访问大量精选的地球科学内容。除了呈现 GLOBE 数据和其他数据外，该项目还将为 FC 开发相关的可视化和交互功能。这些功能包括“任务”或“号召性用语”，让用户在其驾驶 FC 路径与 GLOBE 数据代表性不足的区域相交时收集 GLOBE 观测结果；时间滑块，用于可视化数据点值随时间的变化（即过去 20 年的 GLOBE 数据收集）；以及一个应用程序编程接口，以改善对 GLOBE 数据的访问。这些功能不仅对 GLOBE 用户案例非常有用，而且对 FC 的所有用户和 GLOBE 数据的潜在用户/分析师也非常有用。 FC 中的 GLOBE 数据也将受益于正在开发的新型地图可视化策略。预计 FC 的 100,000 个用户将可以访问 GLOBE 数据。此外，还有可能开发用于计算机可能有限的教室的新练习，但移动设备的访问可能更容易实现。研究人员将评估 FC-with-GLOBE 在社区大学课堂上的使用情况，并对其他群体使用相同的评估，包括进行研究的不同本科生、K-12 科学营中的美国原住民学生以及就读大学和野外营的学生。结果将在一份或多份出版物中分享。通过 FC 作为研究应用程序的初步开发，向学术研究界推广 GLOBE 计划将提高该计划作为开展有意义的更广泛影响活动的非常理想的合作伙伴的认识。

项目成果

Self-guided field trips allow flexibility in undergraduate student introductory field experiences

自助实地考察使本科生能够灵活地进行介绍性实地体验

• DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2020.1768006
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Geoscience Education
• 作者: Shinneman, Avery L.C.;Loeffler, Shane;Myrbo, Amy E.
• 通讯作者: Myrbo, Amy E.

Flyover Country: Creating Flexible Field Experiences Using a Mobile Geoscience App

Flyover Country：使用移动地球科学应用程序创建灵活的现场体验

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: In the trenches
• 作者: Birlenbach, D. M.