Understanding Aging Curriculum Modules

了解老龄化课程模块

• 批准号: 6693274
• 负责人: D. Joseph Clark
• 金额: $ 9.96万
• 依托单位: VIDEODISCOVERY, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2004-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6693274
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); aging; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; curriculum; educational resource design /development; human subject; online computer; science education; secondary schools; university; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aging of the American population is emerging as one of the most profound public health and social issues that students today will face. The field of aging presents a excellent opportunity for interdisciplinary research and problem solving as it combines disciplines of cell biology, genetics, neuroscience, health, epidemiology, and social issues. There is a dearth of educational programs that focus on aging for the general public and an almost complete lack of inclusion of the topic in general science and health textbooks, and in the national science and health standards. Videodiscovery proposes to develop Understanding Aging, a series of multidisciplinary educational modules dealing with the biological and social aspects of aging that can be integrated into the high school and undergraduate college curriculum. The Videodiscovery Digital Library (VDL TM) is an online instructional delivery system consisting of 30,000 images and movies with associated descriptive text, lessons and retrieval software. This unique resource offers teachers and students a comprehensive, high quality, highly organized science media collection that can improve science learning at all levels. In addition to the image retrieval and curriculum module investigatoring software there is fully integrated assessment engine that administers and scores interactive video tests that are tied to educational objectives. The subscription based- VDL is delivered on a dedicated server located at each site or by a centrally hosted server. During Phase I funding, a set of prototype modules will be developed and tested at the upper high school and undergraduate level. During Phase II, a complete educational program will be developed that will integrate aging topics throughout the science curriculum. This will prepare individuals to anticipate and prepare for the aging process in themselves and family members. It will also stimulate interest in young people in pursuing research or health service careers that focus on aging. Understanding Aging materials will be distributed as part of the VDL and as a stand-alone DVD ROM.

描述（由申请人提供）：美国人口的老龄化正在成为当今学生将面临的最深刻的公共卫生和社会问题之一。衰老领域为跨学科研究和解决问题提供了绝佳的机会，因为它结合了细胞生物学，遗传学，神经科学，健康，流行病学和社会问题的学科。缺乏教育计划，重点是为公众衰老，几乎完全缺乏将该主题纳入一般科学和健康教科书中，以及国家科学与健康标准。 Videodiscovery提议发展了解衰老，这是一系列跨学科的教育模块，涉及衰老的生物学和社会方面，这些模块可以融入高中和本科大学课程中。视频发现数字图书馆（VDL TM）是一个在线教学交付系统，由30,000张图像和电影组成，其中包含相关的描述性文本，课程和检索软件。这种独特的资源为教师和学生提供了一个全面，高质量，高度有条理的科学媒体收藏，可以改善各个级别的科学学习。除了图像检索和课程模块调查器软件外，还有完全集成的评估引擎，它管理和分数与教育目标相关的交互式视频测试。基于订阅的VDL是在位于每个站点的专用服务器或中央托管服务器上交付的。在第一阶段的资金中，将在上高中和本科水平开发和测试一组原型模块。在第二阶段期间，将制定一个完整的教育计划，该计划将在整个科学课程中整合老化的主题。这将使个人为自己和家人的衰老过程做好准备并为衰老过程做准备。它还将激发对年轻人从事衰老的研究或卫生服务职业的兴趣。了解老化材料将作为VDL的一部分和独立的DVD ROM分发。