The Center for Aviation and Automotive Technological Education using E-Learning: Providing E-learning Resources and Increasing Knowledge about Their Effectiveness

使用电子学习的航空和汽车技术教育中心：提供电子学习资源并增加对其有效性的了解

• 批准号: 2033801
• 负责人: Anand Gramopadhye
• 金额: $ 400.08万
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2033801&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Aviation; Automotive; Technological; Education

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all levels of education have shifted to greater reliance on electronic technologies or e-learning. This shift creates new needs for e-learning materials as well as for knowledge about which strategies support student learning in diverse settings. This project will build on the success of prior NSF funding for the Center for Aviation and Automotive Technological Education using Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES). This funding supported early initiatives to create and deliver accessible e-learning resources to support aviation and automotive technological education. Through its EducateWorkforce platform, which emphasizes engaging and effective online teaching and learning, CA2VES is uniquely positioned to support technological instructors who are making a transition to online learning. In addition to helping meet the aviation and automotive technician education needs of today, the project will also focus on educational needs relevant for future manufacturing technologies. The project is directly relevant to NSF’s funding priority areas (e.g., Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier) and the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges (e.g., Enhancing Virtual Reality; Advancing Personalized Learning).Informed by industry, governmental agencies, and academia, the project will: 1) support aviation and automotive technological fields with a scalable, cost-effective, and flexible e-learning model; 2) grow and broaden the aviation and automotive network of scholars; 3) use e-learning to assist technical and community colleges in support of diverse communities; and 4) conduct evidence-based research and pursue longitudinal studies on the efficacy of e-learning and virtual reality/augmented reality for diverse settings. This e-learning delivery model will integrate classroom and hands-on laboratory experiences for a diverse aviation and automotive technician education audience. The project outcomes will provide practical guidelines and resources for school administrators and system designers for developing and deploying e-learning curricula for diverse audiences. Additionally, the project is intended to serve as a national resource for curated e-learning materials for aviation and automotive technology and provide an online resource for awareness of career pathways. A key component of the project is its integration of Universal Design for Learning principles into curriculum development. As a result, the materials developed by the project will serve all learners, including veterans, women, economically marginalized students, first-generation students, and students with learning differences. The project intends to generate new knowledge about e-learning through evidence-based controlled and longitudinal studies on the efficacy of e-learning approaches to broaden the aviation and automotive talent pipeline and its application to diverse populations. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

由于COVID-19疫情，各级教育已转向更依赖电子技术或电子学习。 这种转变创造了新的需求，电子学习材料，以及知识的战略支持学生在不同的设置学习。该项目将建立在之前NSF资助航空和汽车技术教育中心使用虚拟电子学校（CA 2 VES）的成功基础上。 这笔资金支持了创建和提供可访问的电子学习资源的早期举措，以支持航空和汽车技术教育。通过其EducateWorkforce平台，强调参与和有效的在线教学和学习，CA 2 VES具有独特的优势，可以支持正在向在线学习过渡的技术教师。除了帮助满足当今航空和汽车技术人员的教育需求外，该项目还将重点关注与未来制造技术相关的教育需求。该项目与NSF的资助优先领域直接相关（例如，人类技术前沿工作的未来）和国家工程院的重大挑战（例如，增强虚拟现实技术在行业、政府机构和学术界的指导下，该项目将：1）通过可扩展、具有成本效益和灵活的电子学习模式支持航空和汽车技术领域; 2）发展和扩大航空和汽车学者网络; 3）利用电子学习帮助技术和社区学院支持多样化的社区;及4）就电子学习及虚拟实境/增强实境在不同环境下的成效进行循证研究及进行纵向研究。这种电子学习交付模式将为多样化的航空和汽车技术人员教育受众整合课堂和动手实验室体验。项目成果将为学校管理人员和系统设计人员提供实用的指导方针和资源，以便为不同受众开发和部署电子学习课程。此外，该项目旨在作为航空和汽车技术电子学习材料的国家资源，并提供在线资源，以了解职业途径。 该项目的一个关键组成部分是将通用学习设计原则纳入课程编制。 因此，该项目编制的材料将为所有学习者提供服务，包括退伍军人、妇女、经济上处于边缘地位的学生、第一代学生和有学习差异的学生。 该项目旨在通过对电子学习方法的有效性进行循证控制和纵向研究，以扩大航空和汽车人才管道及其对不同人群的应用，从而产生有关电子学习的新知识。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。