Neurovisions: Teaching neuroscience with neuroimaging data

Neurovisions：利用神经影像数据教授神经科学

• 批准号: 7570699
• 负责人: STEVEN Douglas MOORE
• 金额: $ 37.93万
• 依托单位: SCIENCE-APPROACH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7570699
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) application is to fill a major void in the undergraduate neuroscience curriculum: A lack of educational materials that give students the opportunity to learn neuroscience by working hands-on with neuroimaging data. The NeuroVisions: Teaching neuroscience with neuroimaging data project will create six Blackboard course cartridges to supplement curricula used in undergraduate neuroscience, psychology, and biology courses and serve as replacement units for course laboratories. The modules will involve students in discovery-based explorations of neuroscience topics with real data provided by leading neuroimaging scientists. Two innovations introduced in the modules are: (1) a decision-modeling tutorial that guides students through the process of posing a research hypothesis and choosing an appropriate research design; and (2) an image analysis tool built into structure of the module that is used to gather data for statistically testing the hypothesis posed earlier. The project's emphasis on image manipulation and image analysis will afford a novel and accessible learning experience for today's visually oriented undergraduate students. The NeuroVisions project will build the instructional materials around an image analysis tool adapted for educational use from professional software employed by biomedical researchers worldwide: WebImage. WebImage is a Java-based image processing and analysis program adapted from the open-source ImageJ software by Science Approach. WebImage will be integrated into the course cartridges to be produced by the project. By reducing the rich, but complicated, set of selection, measurement, calibration, and data rendering tools available in ImageJ to only those functions needed to accomplish specific research tasks, NeuroVisions will greatly simplify the process of analyzing data and thus give novice users the opportunity to experience neuroimaging research first hand. The NeuroVisions materials will be based on the 5E model developed by BSCS and recently evaluated by BSCS for the Office of Science Education at the National Institutes of Health. The 5E model specifies a lesson structure with the following elements: engage; explore; explain; elaborate; and evaluate. The materials will be developed by Science Approach, LLC, in collaboration with four advising faculty, six neuroscience researchers, and the West Texas Office of Evaluation and Research (WTER). The following milestones will be accomplished: (1) Work with the collaborating neuroscientists to identify research scenarios and data to be used in the NeuroVisions modules; (2) Make needed improvements and modifications to WebImage; (3) Create additional data analysis, simulation, and multimedia objects needed for the modules; (4) Develop six NeuroVisions modules for field testing; (5) Submit pilot modules for independent review; (6) Field test the modules in development; and (7) Use formative feedback from all project phases and the results from the evaluation program to revise the NeuroVisions modules and prepare the series for publication. Project Narrative/Relevance to Public Health: The proposed NeuroVisions project will provide opportunities for college faculty and undergraduate students to explore neuroimaging data in a manner that is currently not available in most college classrooms. Not only will the proposed instructional materials highlight the key role that NIH-supported research plays in improving biomedical diagnoses, treatments, and research, NeuroVisions will promote development of a scientifically literate public that can carry forward the endowment of science and technology that has made the United States a leader in the field of biomedicine and provided its citizens with the high standard of living the nation enjoys.

描述(由申请者提供)：这个第二阶段小型企业创新研究(SBIR)申请的目标是填补神经科学本科课程中的一个主要空白：缺乏教育材料，让学生有机会通过动手操作神经成像数据来学习神经科学。NeuroVisions：用神经成像数据教授神经科学项目将创建六个Blackboard课程卡带，以补充本科神经科学、心理学和生物学课程中使用的课程，并作为课程实验室的替代单元。这些模块将让学生利用领先的神经成像科学家提供的真实数据，对神经科学主题进行基于发现的探索。这些模块中引入的两项创新是：(1)决策建模教程，指导学生完成提出研究假设和选择合适的研究设计的过程；(2)内置在模块结构中的图像分析工具，用于收集数据以对先前提出的假设进行统计检验。该项目对图像处理和图像分析的重视将为当今以视觉为导向的本科生提供一种新颖和容易获得的学习体验。NeuroVisions项目将围绕一种适用于教育用途的图像分析工具构建教学材料，该工具来自全球生物医学研究人员使用的专业软件：WebImage。WebImage是一个基于Java的图像处理和分析程序，改编自Science Approach的开源ImageJ软件。WebImage将被整合到该项目将生产的课程插页中。通过将ImageJ中提供的丰富但复杂的选择、测量、校准和数据呈现工具集减少到仅完成特定研究任务所需的功能，NeuroVisions将极大地简化数据分析过程，从而为新手用户提供亲身体验神经成像研究的机会。NeuroVisions材料将基于BSC开发的5E模型，并由BSC最近为美国国立卫生研究院科学教育办公室进行评估。5E模式规定了一个包含以下要素的课程结构：参与、探索、解释、阐述和评估。这些材料将由Science Approach，LLC与四名咨询教师、六名神经科学研究人员和西德克萨斯评估和研究办公室(WTER)合作开发。将实现以下里程碑：(1)与合作的神经科学家合作，确定研究场景和将在NeuroVisions模块中使用的数据；(2)对WebImage进行必要的改进和修改；(3)创建模块所需的额外数据分析、模拟和多媒体对象；(4)开发六个用于实地测试的NeuroVisions模块；(5)提交试点模块以供独立审查；(6)现场测试正在开发的模块；以及(7)使用所有项目阶段的形成性反馈和评估计划的结果来修订NeuroVisions模块，并准备出版该系列。 项目叙述/与公共卫生的相关性：拟议的NeuroVisions项目将为大学教职员工和本科生提供机会，以目前大多数大学课堂上没有的方式探索神经成像数据。拟议的教材不仅将突出NIH支持的研究在改善生物医学诊断、治疗和研究方面发挥的关键作用，而且NeuroVisions还将促进具有科学素养的公众的发展，这些公众能够弘扬科学技术的天赋，使美国成为生物医学领域的领先者，并为美国公民提供国家享有的高水平生活。