RAPID: Reimagined Virtual STEM Laboratory Experiences in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Undergraduate Education

RAPID：重新构想虚拟 STEM 实验室体验，以应对 COVID-19 大流行对本科教育的影响

• 批准号: 2033488
• 负责人: Frank Gomez
• 金额: $ 19.79万
• 依托单位: California State University Channel Islands
• 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: 2020-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2033488&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Reimagined; Virtual; STEM; Laboratory

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this RAPID project will address critical instructional challenges in undergraduate STEM education that result from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it will produce and deploy virtual labs in upper-division chemistry, physics, and math courses. The rush to online course delivery in response to COVID-19 has revealed limitations of commercially available online virtual labs. Existing virtual lab experiences are generally poorly focused on student exploration. In addition, the effectiveness of virtual lab activities is not well understood, particularly for specific student populations such as Hispanic/Latinx students. To address these opportunities, the California State University system will design three virtual labs that focus on community building, are culturally responsive, and relate to real life events brought about by the pandemic. The project will also study the effectiveness of these virtual labs, thus adding to the body of knowledge about effective online instruction. The creation and delivery of the proposed labs have the potential to positively affect many students, as well as increase equitable access to high-quality learning opportunities. Beyond its immediate impact on improving online laboratory instruction in a time of crisis, this work may provide models for other STEM education initiatives and contribute to institutional and educational changes to better support STEM learning.The project aims to develop and test three virtual labs that are purposely designed to create and sustain a culture of inclusion and equity that supports the success of all students, particularly the large population of Hispanic/Latinx students served within the California State University system. The project seeks to increase opportunity and achievement by providing students with avenues to grow STEM identity, self-efficacy, and sense of belonging. The design criteria for the three virtual labs will be informed by culturally responsive and trauma-informed teaching practices. The virtual labs will support instruction across the California State University campuses and beyond, beginning as early as Fall 2020. The overall goal is to directly improve students’ knowledge and ability, STEM identity, and integration of identities. The project plans to examine disciplinary best practices in student learning through an informed equity perspective. The project will investigate how to best implement culturally responsive and relevant teaching in virtual science and math laboratory environments and gather and analyze data about the shift to online teaching/learning modalities. Data will be collected every three months from students participating in the virtual labs via pre/post assessments to provide insight into the role of metacognition in their learning. Results of the research will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scholarship, virtual and face-to-face workshops, and reports. This RAPID award is made by the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program in the Division of Undergraduate Education, Directorate of Education and Human Resources. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs.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.

在改善本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划），这个快速的项目将解决来自Covid-19-19的大流行导致的本科STEM教育的关键教学挑战。具体而言，它将在上限化学，物理和数学课程中生产和部署虚拟实验室。响应Covid-19的急于在线课程交付，揭示了商业可用在线虚拟实验室的局限性。现有的虚拟实验室经历通常不太关注学生探索。此外，虚拟实验室活动的有效性尚不清楚，特别是对于特定的学生人群，例如西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生。为了解决这些机会，加利福尼亚州立大学系统将设计三个专注于社区建设的虚拟实验室，在文化上有反应，并与大流行带来的现实生活事件有关。该项目还将研究这些虚拟实验室的有效性，从而增加有关有效在线教学的知识。拟议的实验室的创建和交付有可能对许多学生产生积极影响，并增加获得高质量学习机会的公平机会。 Beyond its immediate impact on improving online laboratory instruction in a time of crisis, this work may provide models for other STEM education initiatives and contribute to institutional and educational changes to better support STEM learning.The project aims to develop and test three virtual labs that are purposely designed to create and sustain a culture of inclusion and equity that supports the success of all students, particularly the large population of Hispanic/Latinx students served within the California State University system.该项目试图通过为学生提供提高STEM身份，自我效能感和归属感的途径来增加机会和成就。三个虚拟实验室的设计标准将通过文化响应和创伤的教学实践来告知。虚拟实验室将从2020年秋季开始支持整个加利福尼亚州立大学校园及以后的教学。总体目标是直接提高学生的知识和能力，STEM身份以及身份的整合。该项目计划通过知情的公平观点来检查学生学习中的学科最佳实践。该项目将调查如何在虚拟科学和数学实验室环境中最好地实施具有文化响应和相关的教学，并收集和分析有关转向在线教学/学习方式的数据。每三个月将通过预评估参加虚拟实验室的学生每三个月收集数据，以洞悉元认知在学习中的作用。该研究的结果将通过经过同行评审的奖学金，虚拟和面对面的讲习班以及报告来传播。这项快速奖项是由西班牙裔服务机构计划在教育和人力资源局本科教育部门颁发的。 HSI计划旨在在HSIS上增强本科STEM教育和建立能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，我们是否通过评估来诚实地获得支持。