Network Connector: DEDICATE: Data Science Equity-Driven Inquiry to Create Accessible Project-based Training for Social Impact Education

网络连接器：DEDICATE：数据科学公平驱动的探究，为社会影响力教育创建可访问的基于项目的培训

• 批准号: 2304100
• 负责人: Renata Rawlings-Goss
• 金额: $ 105.11万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2304100&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Network; Connector; DEDICATE; Data; Science

The Network Connector: DEDICATE: Data Science Equity-Driven Inquiry to Create Accessible Project-Based Training for Social Impact Education aims to solve some of the challenges to broadening participation in STEM at a systems-level. To this effect four problems were identified that are barriers to success. 1. Instructor-designed “projects” not based in Project-Based Learning (PBL) Research; 2. Silos of Projects across STEM and Non-STEM disciplines; 3. Lack of Faculty-Centric Design; and 4. Lack of Systemic-Change Networks. DEDICATE aims to address these four problems by 1. Leveraging the educational research behind PBL techniques, specifically to design PBL modules that are culturally relevant and can be used across disciplines to empower natural collaboration around real-world challenges; 2. Bridging both Non-STEM and STEM disciplines into data projects around problems of high social impact, specifically climate change (geosciences), criminal justice, and food and water sciences; 3. Focus on faculty capacity-building and support as the primary mechanism for systemic change, as increasing faculty interest, ability, and confidence in delivering data-centric content across disciplines translates into exponential growth in the exposure of students to STEM and their preparation for STEM Education, aligning with the INCLUDES Initiative Shared Measures effort; and by 4. Fully supporting faculty networks with not only research-based PBL modules, but PBL creation frameworks and assessment and grading tools aligned to ACM and other national and international standards, supporting non-technical faculty in module delivery, creating curated Social Impact PBL modules - co-designed with impact area instructors from across the region, as well as providing training, community forums, and working groups for network expansion and organization around systemic advocacy topics. DEDICATE also plans to research key questions related to systemic strategies for data-enabled Project-Based Learning that address the critical broadening participation challenge in STEM of lack of access to data knowledge and tools at not only historically underserved institutions (HBCUs and HSIs) but also within interdisciplinary areas (Social Impact Areas). The DEDICATE network will establish itself as a connector in order to expand through a targeted capacity-building and mini-grants program with an open call for faculty teams to connect as either users or creators of data-enabled PBLs. DEDICATE will build on the work of the South Big Data Innovation Hub and connect to the INCLUDES National Data Science Alliances (NDSA) and the ASPIRE Alliance, as well as other expansion partner networks, such as the HBCU Data Science Consortium and the former NSF HSI-STEM Hub, to build the infrastructure necessary to foster collaborations between alliance institutions. Four lead institutions NC Central University-HBCU, University of the Virgin Islands-HBCU, California State University, Fresno-HSI, and the Georgia Institute of Technology will engage 30 faculty teams across the country to train over 3,000 students, across the Southern census region of the U.S. and California which covers over 90 of the 101 HBCUs and 163 of the 451 HSIs. Additionally, DEDICATE will connect to the larger INCLUDES ecosystem through efforts to share data, learning modules and access throughout the INCLUDES network. By using data as a connector, the PI Team aims to empower natural areas of collaboration and new pipelines for faculty and student engagement in STEM education. The broader faculty network thus created through this project has the potential to empower a sustained advocacy network for systemic institutional change.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.

网络连接器：专用：数据科学股权驱动的询问，以创建基于项目的社会影响教育培训，旨在解决扩大系统级别STEM的一些挑战。为此，确定了四个问题是成功的障碍。 1。设计的“项目”不是基于项目的学习（PBL）研究的； 2。跨STEM和非茎学科的项目筒仓； 3。缺乏以教师为中心的设计；和4。缺乏系统变化网络。奉献精神旨在通过1。利用PBL技术背后的教育研究，特别是设计具有文化相关的PBL模块，并可以在各学科中使用，以增强围绕现实世界挑战的自然协作； 2。将非茎和STEM学科桥接到数据项目中，围绕着高度社会影响的问题，特别是气候变化（地球科学），刑事司法以及食品和水科学； 3.关注教师能力建设和支持作为全身变化的主要机制，因为教师的兴趣，能力和信心越来越多地在跨学科交付以数据为中心的内容的信心转化为学生STEM的暴露及其STEM及其STEM教育的指数增长，与他们的STEM教育的准备，与之保持一致，包括启动共同的共同措施； and by 4. Fully supporting faculty networks with not only research-based PBL modules, but PBL creation frameworks and assessment and grading tools aligned to ACM and other national and international standards, supporting non-technical faculty in module delivery, creating curated Social Impact PBL modules - co-designed with impact area instructors from across the region, as well as providing training, community forums, and working groups for network expansion and organization around systemic倡导主题。还计划研究与基于数据支持项目的系统策略有关的关键问题，这些问题不仅解决了不仅在历史欠佳的机构（HBCUS和HSIS）的情况下，而且还解决了跨学科领域（社会影响领域）的关键扩展参与挑战。专用网络将成为连接器的建立，以通过针对性的容量构建和迷你奖励计划进行扩展，并开放呼吁教师团队作为用户或启用数据的PBL的创建者连接。奉献将基于南方大数据创新中心的工作，并连接到包括国家数据科学联盟（NDSA）和Aspire Alliance以及其他扩展合作伙伴网络，例如HBCU数据科学联盟和前NSF HSI-STEM HUB，以建立在联盟集中式集中协作所必需的基础结构。四个首席机构NC中央大学HBCU，维尔京群岛大学HBCU，加利福尼亚州立大学，弗雷斯诺-HSI和佐治亚理工学院将与全国30名教职员工培训3,000多名学生，在美国和加利福尼亚州的南部人口普查区域中，覆盖了101 HBCUS和163 HS的101 HBCUS和163 HSS的90多个学生。此外，专门将连接到较大的范围，包括整个努力的生态系统，以共享数据，学习模块和访问在整个网络中。通过使用数据作为连接器，PI团队旨在增强自然协作和新管道的能力，以促进教师和学生参与STEM教育的能力。因此，通过该项目创建的更广泛的教师网络有可能赋予系统性机构变革的持续倡导网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响评估审查标准来评估，认为这是珍贵的支持。