Nanotechnology Professional Development Partnership: A Web-Based, Live-Streaming Approach for Optimizing Impact, Effectiveness, and Cost

纳米技术专业发展合作伙伴关系：一种基于网络的直播方法，用于优化影响、有效性和成本

• 批准号: 1700630
• 负责人: Osama Awadelkarim
• 金额: $ 89.67万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 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: 2017-05-15 至 2022-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Nanotechnology; Professional; Development; Partnership; Web

Workers with nanotechnology skills are rapidly becoming a key to economic development. Thus, nanotechnology courses are increasingly offered at community and technical colleges. It is important for these faculty members who teach nanotechnology to enhance, develop, and continually update their knowledge. Professional development programs are essential for these educators; however, face-to-face and "physical" hands-on workshops are expensive and pose time constraints which can make them inaccessible for many of these educators. To address the issue, the Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization at Pennsylvania State University will collaborate with community and technical colleges to form a Nanotechnology Professional Development Partnership (NPDP) and develop a live-streaming workshop program model in which course and laboratory training are delivered in a web-based format at very low cost. This workshop model will enable direct interactions, participation of faculty from their workplace locations, and attendance flexibility for mobile participants. Resources and best practices derived from this project will be shared nationwide. The project will increase access to professional development for nanotechnology educators at a variety of institutions, help to strengthen the educator workforce, and subsequently enhance the technical preparation of students and the nation's nanotechnology technician workforce.The goal of the NPDP collaboration between Pennsylvania State University, Ivy Tech Community College (IN), Forsyth Tech Community College (NC), Erie Community College (NY), North Seattle College (WA), Atlanta Technical College (GA), and Northwest Vista College (TX) will be to develop a quality live-streaming and fully interactive professional development workshop model and resources, and apply it to the nanotechnology educator workforce. The workshops will be delivered via Adobe Connect and Zoom webcasts. The focus will be training and providing course materials for educators on nanofabrication processes and tools, nanotechnology applications, and safety and cleanroom protocols. The workshops will also include laboratory and cleanroom training featuring web-based remote access to nano-characterization tools, such as scanning probe microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, as well as simulated experiments and data analysis exercises. This workshop approach is optimum since it will offer the direct and instantaneous aspects of interaction with instructors and peers; the online aspects of session time and location flexibilities; and the ability to overcome challenges related to cost and resources. The workshop model will be applicable and adaptable to other STEM areas. The project will contribute new cost-effective methods to make professional development and continuing education more readily available to a wider audience of nanotechnology educators, including secondary school teachers.

拥有纳米技术技能的工人正迅速成为经济发展的关键。因此，越来越多的社区和技术学院提供纳米技术课程。对于教授纳米技术的教师来说，加强，发展和不断更新他们的知识是很重要的。专业发展计划对这些教育工作者至关重要;然而，面对面和“身体”动手讲习班是昂贵的，并造成时间限制，这可能使他们无法为许多这些教育工作者。为了解决这个问题，该中心纳米技术教育和利用在宾夕法尼亚州立大学将与社区和技术学院合作，形成纳米技术专业发展伙伴关系（NPDP），并开发一个实时流媒体研讨会程序模型，其中课程和实验室培训提供了一个基于网络的格式，以非常低的成本。这种研讨会模式将使直接互动，教师从他们的工作场所的位置参与，并出席移动的参与者的灵活性。将在全国范围内分享该项目产生的资源和最佳做法。该项目将增加获得专业发展的纳米技术教育工作者在各种机构，有助于加强教育工作者的劳动力，并随后提高技术准备的学生和国家的纳米技术技术人员的劳动力。NPDP之间的合作宾夕法尼亚州立大学，常春藤科技社区学院（IN），福赛斯科技社区学院（NC），伊利社区学院（NY），北西雅图学院（WA），亚特兰大技术学院（GA）和西北Vista学院（TX）将开发一个高质量的直播和完全互动的专业发展研讨会模型和资源，并将其应用于纳米技术教育工作者。研讨会将通过Adobe Connect和Zoom网络广播进行。重点将是培训和提供课程材料，为教育工作者在纳米制造工艺和工具，纳米技术应用，安全和洁净室协议。讲习班还将包括实验室和洁净室培训，其特点是通过网络远程访问纳米表征工具，如扫描探针显微镜和透射电子显微镜，以及模拟实验和数据分析练习。这种讲习班方法是最佳的，因为它将提供与教员和同行直接和即时互动的方面;在线方面的会议时间和地点灵活性;以及克服与成本和资源有关的挑战的能力。研讨会的模式将适用于和适应其他STEM领域。该项目将提供新的具有成本效益的方法，使专业发展和继续教育更容易提供给更广泛的纳米技术教育工作者，包括中学教师。