Pandem-Sim: Saving the World with Biology

Pandem-Sim：用生物学拯救世界

• 批准号: 8869064
• 负责人: Charles Arthur Wood
• 金额: $ 24.74万
• 依托单位: WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-15 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8869064
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at Wheeling Jesuit University proposes to create an educational simulation called Pandem-Sim, during which classrooms of high school students act as CDC and NIH teams to investigate possible epidemics including a mysterious new H5N1-derived flu strain that has adapted to infect humans. Student pathology teams order tests of (virtual) tissues and blood from patients to characterize this strain and to determine the type of antiviral vaccination that needs to be produced. Epidemic Intelligence Service field teams interview patients, searching for Patient Zero, and investigate the disease trajectory. Other public health teams prepare flu emergency bulletins to inform the public how to minimize the risk of becoming infected and passing it to others. Students issue Flu Emergency Alerts to advise governments on possible travel and other restrictions. This sim takes place during a live 90-minute videoconference led by a CET educator, the Chief Epidemiologist, who provides guidance and requests analyses from students. The live simulation culminates a three-week curriculum supplement that expands upon the National Science Education Standards and the emerging Common Core Science Standards to provide enhanced infectious disease content and associated biologic concepts for classrooms of students in grades 9 to 12. The project goals are to (1) improve science education, (2) increase science literacy, (3) promote career awareness, especially among underrepresented and underserved youth, (4) investigate if Pandem-Sim and an iPad app cause gains in relevant awareness, knowledge and career interest, and (5) to be widely used. Existing infectious disease material from prior NIH, SEPA and CDC programs will be incorporated into the curriculum, and new activities, such as problem-based learning and career components, will be developed. For the growing number of schools using iPads we will create enhanced activities that take advantage of iPad affordances to make interactions more lively and realistic. As examples, students will use Google Maps to track the occurrences of flu cases, view videos of patient interviews, match images of microscope slides of new flu tissue samples with known flu strains, run stochastic models of epidemic spread, and complete auto-corrected embedded self-tests to allow students to track their own understanding. For schools not using iPads a website will provide most of these activities. Professional development will be offered by video-conferences and online resources to prepare teachers to understand the content as well as the iPad and live sim tools. Pandem-Sim's Advisory Board includes three epidemiology medical specialists and an experienced teacher. The evaluation will involve 3000 students in 120 classrooms in multiple states. The CET conducts nearly 800 live sims a year which many teachers and districts build into their teaching strategies to meet 21st century learning goals. Because schools pay for each live sim, Pandem-Sim will be sustained beyond the period of grant funding.

描述（由申请人提供）：旋转耶稣会大学的教育技术中心（CET）提议创建一个名为Pandem-Sim的教育模拟，在此期间，高中学生的教室充当CDC和NIH团队，以调查可能的流行病，包括一种神秘的新H5 N1衍生流感病毒株，该病毒株已适应感染人类。学生病理学团队命令测试（虚拟）组织和患者的血液，以表征这种菌株，并确定需要生产的抗病毒疫苗的类型。流行病情报服务现场小组采访病人，寻找零号病人，并调查疾病轨迹。其他公共卫生小组准备流感紧急公告，告知公众如何最大限度地减少感染和传播给他人的风险。学生发布流感紧急警报，就可能的旅行和其他限制向政府提出建议。这个模拟发生在一个由CET教育工作者领导的90分钟的视频会议上，首席流行病学家提供指导并要求学生进行分析。 现场模拟的高潮是一个为期三周的课程补充，扩展了国家科学教育标准和新兴的共同核心科学标准，为9至12年级的学生课堂提供增强的传染病内容和相关的生物学概念。该项目的目标是（1）改善科学教育，（2）提高科学素养，（3）促进职业意识，特别是在代表性不足和服务不足的年轻人中，（4）调查Pandem-Sim和iPad应用程序是否会提高相关意识，知识和职业兴趣，以及（5）广泛使用。 现有的传染病材料从以前的NIH，SEPA和CDC计划将被纳入课程，并将开发新的活动，如基于问题的学习和职业组成部分。对于越来越多的学校使用iPad，我们将创建增强的活动，利用iPad的启示，使互动更加生动和现实。例如，学生将使用谷歌地图来跟踪流感病例的发生，查看患者访谈的视频，将新流感组织样本的显微镜载玻片图像与已知的流感病毒株进行匹配，运行流行病传播的随机模型，并完成自动校正嵌入式自测，以让学生跟踪自己的理解。对于不使用iPad的学校，网站将提供大部分这些活动。专业发展将通过视频会议和在线资源提供，以帮助教师了解内容以及iPad和Live SIM工具。 Pandem-Sim的咨询委员会包括三名流行病学医学专家和一名经验丰富的教师。评估将涉及3000名学生在120个教室在多个国家。CET每年进行近800次现场西姆斯，许多教师和地区将其纳入教学策略，以满足21世纪的学习目标。由于学校为每个实时模拟支付费用，因此Pandem-Sim将在赠款资助期后持续下去。