Genome Science for Health: Web-based Curricula for Biology, Phase I+II

描述(申请人提供)：项目摘要：犹他大学基因科学学习中心(GSLC)将利用其在教育、科学和技术方面的协同专业知识，向中等水平的生命科学学生和教师提供关于NIH资助的研究进展和临床试验在改善医疗保健方面的作用的教育。基因组科学促进健康项目将开发四个基于网络的课程补充模块-细胞生物学、发育生物学、分子遗传学和临床试验-说明从基础研究到转化科学、临床试验和医疗的连续统一体；将涉及再生医学和动物研究。这些模块将在高度可视化的环境中采用互动学习，这种方法旨在吸引当今精通技术的数字时代的学生。同时，它们将明确解决国家科学教育标准中的内容，确保教师使用。两批教师将参加暑期研习班，与GSLC工作人员合作起草模块，这些模块将使用GSLC创新的Exploragraphic(Tm)网页设计和Exploragraphic(Tm)基于Web的课程开发流程进行开发。在整个过程中，来自学生、教师和科学家的形成性反馈将指导模块的开发，从启动到在课堂上进行试点测试和修改。这些单元将通过高知名度、屡获殊荣的全球可持续发展委员会网站(http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu)，)广泛传播，该网站2005年有近370万学生、教师和公众访问。教师专业发展讲习班和暑期学院将支持课程的传播。基因组科学促进健康项目的目标是：目标1：教育中级学生了解NIH资助的基础研究、转化科学和临床试验在改善卫生保健方面的作用。目标2：让高中生命科学教师学习基因组科学促进健康单元的主题，并制定课程框架和学习方法来解决这些问题。目标3：通过地方、区域和国家各级的专业发展课程和讲习班，使教师为学生使用基因组科学促进健康课程做好准备。相关性：基因组科学促进健康项目将使学生、教师和公众对开发医疗方法的过程以及他们作为临床试验参与者在这一过程中的潜在作用有一个新的理解。由于临床试验模块将通过网络传播，它将能够支持NCRR在美国各地的机构临床和翻译科学奖的社区参与活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: The Genetic Science Learning Center (GSLC) at the University of Utah will utilize its synergistic expertise in education, science and technology to educate secondary-level life science students and teachers about the role of NIH-funded research advances and clinical trials in improving health care. The Genome Science for Health project will develop four web-based curriculum supplement modules - on cell biology, developmental biology, molecular genetics, and clinical trials - that illustrate the continuum from basic research through translational science to clinical trials and into medical treatments; regenerative medicine and animal research will be addressed. The modules will employ interactive learning in a highly visual environment, an approach designed to appeal to the tech-savvy, digital-age students of today. At the same time, they will clearly address content in the national science education standards, ensuring that they are used by teachers. Two cohorts of teachers will participate in summer institutes, working with the GSLC staff to draft the modules, which will be developed using the GSLC's new, innovative Exploragraphic(tm) Web Design and Exploragraphic(tm) Web-based Curriculum Development Process. Formative feedback throughout the process from students, teachers and scientists will inform module development from initiation through pilot testing in classrooms and revision. The modules will be widely disseminated via the highly-visible, award-winning GSLC website (http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu), which received almost 3.7 million visits in 2005 from students, teachers and the public. Teacher professional development workshops and a summer institute will support dissemination of the curricula. The Genome Science for Health project goals are: GOAL 1: Educate secondary-level students about the role of NIH-funded basic research, translational science, and clinical trials in improving health care. GOAL 2: Engage high school life science teachers in learning about the Genome Science for Health module topics and in developing the curriculum frameworks and learning approaches to address them. GOAL 3: Prepare teachers to use the Genome Science for Health curricula with their students, through professional development courses and workshops at the local, regional and national levels. Relevance: The Genome Science for Health project will bring a new level of understanding to students, teachers and the public about the process by which medical treatments are developed, as well as their potential roles in this process as clinical trial participants. Because the clinical trials module will be disseminated via the web, it will be able to support the Community Engagement activities of NCRR's Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards across the United States.