EAGER: Microcredentials for Integrating Computing Responsibly into Other Domains (MICRO)

EAGER：用于将计算负责任地集成到其他领域的微凭证 (MICRO)

• 批准号: 2016010
• 负责人: Brendan Calandra
• 金额: $ 29.92万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-15 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2016010&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Microcredentials; Integrating; Computing; Responsibly

Computing is fundamentally changing Americans’ professional and personal lives. Beyond the workforce demand for computer scientists, computing is becoming part of many fields, from engineering to art. Moreover, computing literacy is a fundamental and necessary skill for safely navigating information and systems in the world today. While the public education system wants to incorporate computing into standard educational practices, there is a dire shortage of teachers who are qualified to teach computing. Schools in rural and low-income areas are particularly unlikely to be able to offer computing courses, feeding existing underrepresentation problems that have contributed to a large number of vacant computing jobs, and to lack of diversity in the workforce. With the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students who participate in computing, this project will create a professional development (PD) model for teaching computing to K-12 science and math teachers who teach in rural and low-income areas so that they may spread computational literacy in their communities. The project’s model for doing this is based on online, competency-based instructional modules through which teachers can earn micro-credentials that demonstrate their knowledge and skills. The project team includes researchers from the International Society for Technology in Education, Georgia State University, and the Georgia Department of Education and aims to create and test the foundations for a computing education teacher preparation ecosystem that leverages the flexibility and accessibility afforded by micro-credentialing and online learning. The goals of this project are 1) to use purposeful and theory-driven instructional design to adapt existing Computer Science instruction into online modules that prepare preservice and in-service teachers to integrate computing into their non-computing courses; and 2) to produce and pilot a competency-based micro-credentialing system that will assess teachers’ knowledge and skills. The research component of this project will explore the following topics: (1) Effectiveness of online modules and micro-credentialing system to support teachers to integrate computing across grade bands and primary disciplines, (2) Self-efficacy of teachers while implementing computing-integrated activities in their classrooms, and (3) Perceived value of micro-credentials by teachers and their districts compared to university course credit. The researchers will collect data from teachers through assignments, assessments, and artifacts created by engaging with the modules and completing the micro-credentials. Data sources will also include a) surveys given before and after the modules, b) written individual reflections, c) collaborative discussions within the module, and d) lesson plans that integrate computing and computing integration activities. Methods for data analysis will mix qualitative and quantitative procedures for collection and analyses, depending on the type of data and research question that the data address. The project will contribute to our knowledge of how to support teachers in rural and low-income areas to learn and teach computing by examining the process of how they acquire and implement computing concepts, and by examining the efficacy of a micro-credentialing system that is designed to evaluate their skills.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.

计算机正在从根本上改变美国人的职业和个人生活。除了对计算机科学家的劳动力需求之外，计算机正在成为从工程到艺术等许多领域的一部分。此外，计算机素养是当今世界安全导航信息和系统的基本和必要技能。虽然公共教育系统希望将计算机纳入标准的教育实践，但有资格教授计算机的教师严重短缺。农村和低收入地区的学校尤其不可能提供计算机课程，这加剧了现有的代表性不足问题，导致了大量的计算机职位空缺，以及劳动力缺乏多样性。为了增加参与计算机的学生的数量和多样性，该项目将创建一个专业发展（PD）模式，向在农村和低收入地区任教的K-12科学和数学教师教授计算机，以便他们在社区传播计算素养。该项目的模式是基于基于能力的在线教学模块，教师可以通过这些模块获得展示其知识和技能的微证书。该项目团队包括来自国际教育技术学会、佐治亚州立大学和佐治亚教育部的研究人员，旨在创建和测试计算机教育教师准备生态系统的基础，该生态系统利用微型证书和在线学习提供的灵活性和可访问性。该项目的目标是：1)使用目的性和理论驱动的教学设计，将现有的计算机科学教学调整为在线模块，使职前和在职教师能够将计算整合到他们的非计算课程中；2)制定并试行以能力为基础的微型证书制度，以评估教师的知识和技能。该项目的研究部分将探讨以下主题：(1)在线模块和微证书系统的有效性，以支持教师跨年级和小学学科整合计算；(2)教师在课堂上实施计算整合活动时的自我效能感；(3)教师及其所在地区对微证书与大学课程学分相比的感知价值。研究人员将通过作业、评估和参与模块并完成微证书创建的工件从教师那里收集数据。数据源还将包括a)模块前后给出的调查，b)书面的个人反思，c)模块内的协作讨论，以及d)整合计算和计算集成活动的教案。数据分析的方法将混合定性和定量程序的收集和分析，这取决于数据的类型和研究问题的数据地址。该项目将通过考察农村和低收入地区教师获取和实施计算概念的过程，以及考察旨在评估其技能的微型证书制度的有效性，帮助我们了解如何支持农村和低收入地区教师学习和教授计算机。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Integrating Computing into Preservice Teacher Preparation Programs across the Core: Language, Mathematics, and Science

将计算整合到职前教师准备课程中：语言、数学和科学

• DOI: 10.26716/jcsi.2022.11.15.35
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Computer Science Integration
• 作者: Margulieux, Lauren E.;Enderle, Patrick;Junor Clarke, Pier;King, Natalie;Sullivan, Caroline;Zoss, Michelle;Many, Joyce
• 通讯作者: Many, Joyce

Georgia online education option for broadening participation in K-12 computer science

佐治亚州在线教育选项，扩大 K-12 计算机科学的参与

• DOI: 10.1177/14782103221082752
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Policy Futures in Education
• 影响因子: 1.5
• 作者: Cox, Bryan;Margulieux, Lauren;Darling-Aduana, Jennifer
• 通讯作者: Darling-Aduana, Jennifer