Nilch Bee Naa Alkaa Go Ohooa Doo Eidii Tii (Using Air (Technology) to Learn and Understand New Things)

Nilch Bee Naa Alkaa Go Ohooa Doo Eidii Tii（使用空气（技术）学习和理解新事物）

• 批准号: 1827199
• 负责人: Jason Arviso
• 金额: $ 66.79万
• 依托单位: Navajo Technical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Nilch; Bee; Naa; Alkaa; Go

Navajo Technical University (NTU) is one of the nation's largest tribal colleges and a leader in delivering academic and research programs for Native Americans. NTU students have access to a plethora of academic programs including strong programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). However, NTU and the residents of the Navajo Nation are not well connected to the Internet and to the larger research and education community. Connectivity limitations, especially at Navajo community centers and at their homes, restrict NTU's ability to collaborate and contribute in the ever-growing integrated global research and education environment. There is a fundamental lack of Internet connectivity with sufficient bandwidth to successfully participate in the ever-increasing distance or online learning courses/programs. This proposal will increase Wide Area Network connectivity by connecting NTU to the Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) regional network at much higher network speeds with dedicated bandwidth for NTU research and academic projects. The proposal addresses distance education challenges by implementing an advanced wireless test bed to deliver NTU distance education courses to Chapter Houses, tribal libraries, and other community anchor locations. This proposal engages the country's largest tribal university and is a collaboration with New Mexico and Arizona Tribal Colleges and Universities. It leverages a strong existing regional relationship with the FRGP, and it provides an organizational model for other tribal colleges to adopt a similar technology and associated collaborations. The proposal emphasizes needs and requirements-gathering meetings, followed by design and training workshops, which will benefit regional Native American community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

纳瓦霍技术大学（NTU）是美国最大的部落学院之一，也是为美洲原住民提供学术和研究项目的领导者。 NTU学生可以获得大量的学术课程，包括科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的强大课程。 然而，南大和纳瓦霍族的居民没有很好地连接到互联网和更大的研究和教育社区。 连接的限制，特别是在纳瓦霍社区中心和他们的家，限制了NTU的合作能力，并在不断增长的综合全球研究和教育环境作出贡献。 基本上缺乏足够带宽的互联网连接，无法成功参加日益增加的远程或在线学习课程/方案。该提案将通过以更高的网络速度将NTU连接到Front Range GigaPoP（FRGP）区域网络来增加广域网连接，并为NTU研究和学术项目提供专用带宽。 该提案通过实施先进的无线测试平台来解决远程教育的挑战，以向分会、部落图书馆和其他社区锚地点提供NTU远程教育课程。 这项建议涉及该国最大的部落大学，是与新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州部落学院和大学的合作。 它利用了与FRGP的强大的现有区域关系，并为其他部落学院采用类似的技术和相关的合作提供了一个组织模式。 该提案强调需求和要求收集会议，其次是设计和培训研讨会，这将有利于区域美洲原住民社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。