RAPID: Collaborative Proposal: Development of Digital Models of Minerals and Rocks for Online Geoscience Classes

RAPID：合作提案：为在线地球科学课程开发矿物和岩石数字模型

• 批准号: 2035243
• 负责人: Graham Andrews
• 金额: $ 3.32万
• 依托单位: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• 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: 2020-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Collaborative; Proposal; Development; Digital

The sudden shift to remote online teaching due to the COVID-19 crisis has especially impacted laboratory classes. Petrologists and mineralogists have created three-dimensional models of rock and mineral specimens, which are available online. The commercial site that hosts these does not include a searchable database. This project will create a searchable database and copy the models to a university-hosted server. Additional specimens will be added.Image-processing has become routine, which has made it practical to create visually and topologically accurate representation of geologic specimens. Teachers have been creating these images and putting them on a commercial website for the use of the wider community. The problem is that this collection of hundreds of virtual specimens is not searchable. The PIs will create a searchable database with the specific metadata that will be useful to science teachers. Moreover, the virtual specimens will also be copied to a university-hosted server, which will assure access for years. Additional specimens will be imaged. This virtual collection has become vital in the time of COVID-19 and a shift to widespread online instruction.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 危机，突然转向远程在线教学对实验室课程的影响尤其严重。岩石学家和矿物学家创建了岩石和矿物标本的三维模型，这些模型可以在线获取。托管这些内容的商业网站不包含可搜索的数据库。该项目将创建一个可搜索的数据库并将模型复制到大学托管的服务器。将添加更多标本。图像处理已成为常规，这使得创建地质标本的视觉和拓扑精确表示变得实用。教师们一直在创建这些图像并将其放在商业网站上以供更广泛的社区使用。问题在于，这个包含数百个虚拟标本的集合是不可搜索的。 PI 将创建一个可搜索的数据库，其中包含对科学教师有用的特定元数据。此外，虚拟标本还将被复制到大学托管的服务器上，这将确保多年的访问。将对其他标本进行成像。在 COVID-19 疫情和向广泛在线教学转变的时期，这一虚拟馆藏变得至关重要。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。

项目成果

Teaching with Digital 3D Models of Minerals and Rocks

使用矿物和岩石的数字 3D 模型进行教学

• DOI: 10.1130/gsatg464gw.1
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: GSA Today
• 作者: Andrews, Graham;Labishak, Gabrielle;Brown, Sarah;Isom, Shelby;Pettus, Holly;Byers, Trevor
• 通讯作者: Byers, Trevor