Planning Proposal: Planning an HBCU Learning Science Network

传统黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU-UP）为加强hbcu的STEM本科教育和研究提供支持。在COVID-19大流行带来的挑战的推动下，白求恩-库克曼大学将开展规划活动，以增加HBCU教师对在线STEM教学的撰写，以支持对STEM内容的有力学习。该项目的目的是使概念化、规划和共识/协作建立活动有关强大的在线学习机会在STEM。该规划项目与HBCU-UP项目的目标一致，旨在加强机构能力建设，以加强STEM本科教育和研究工作。2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行表明，迫切需要持续的本科STEM课程，这些课程应针对学生的强大学习和长期成就进行优化。稳健学习成果的特征包括长期保持、将所学知识转移到新环境以及对未来学习的渴望。白求恩-库克曼大学的研究小组计划在传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）协调建立一个学习科学研究的合作教师网络。规划项目将支持形成网络所必需的概念化、规划和建立共识/合作活动。在第一阶段，项目领导团队将与HBCU教师的初始核心小组合作，就HBCU学习科学网络的工作方式进行头脑风暴，概念化并达成共识。在第二阶段，一个研讨会和后续活动将提供最初参与的教师动手使用卡内基梅隆大学LearnLab的创作技术，以协作创建在线学习活动，并在学生中试用他们的新内容。第三阶段将涉及为HBCU学习科学网络的大规模努力准备一份提案。预计这些活动将有助于扩大美国STEM劳动力的参与，并深化HBCU教师对科学学习的贡献。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provides support to strengthen STEM undergraduate education and research at HBCUs. Prompted by challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bethune-Cookman University will conduct planning activities to increase HBCU faculty authorship of online STEM instruction that supports robust learning of STEM content. The aim of this project is to enable the conceptualization, planning and consensus/collaboration building activities regarding robust online learning opportunities in STEM. This planning project aligns with the goals of the HBCU-UP program in its efforts to bolster institutional capacity building for the purpose of enhancing STEM undergraduate education and research endeavors. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic made clear the urgent and ongoing need for undergraduate STEM courses that are optimized for robust learning and long-term achievement of students. The characteristics of robust learning outcomes include long term retention, transfer of learning to new situations, and desire for future learning. The Bethune-Cookman University research team plans to coordinate the creation of a collaborative faculty network on learning science research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The planning project will support the conceptualization, planning and consensus/collaboration-building activities essential to forming the network. In the first phase, the project leadership team will collaborate with an initial core group of HBCU faculty to brainstorm, conceptualize and gain consensus on how an HBCU Science of Learning network would work. In the second phase, a workshop & follow-on events will provide initial participating faculty hands-on use of authoring technologies from Carnegie Mellon University’s LearnLab to collaboratively create online learning activities and pilot their new content with their students. A third phase will involve preparing a proposal for large-scale efforts for an HBCU Science of Learning Network. These activities are envisioned to contribute to efforts at broadening participation in the nation's STEM workforce and deepening HBCU faculty contributions to learning science.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.