Computer-Integrated Introductory Biology Lab

计算机集成入门生物学实验室（CIBL）项目是一项为期四年的开发工作，旨在将本科生物实验室的创新形式与整合生物学、物理、化学、大气科学和数学的主题、跨学科内容教学方法相结合。CIBL实验室使用计算机多媒体（交互式视频、图形、动画、声音和计算机模拟）支持和扩展动手“湿”实验室体验，而主题、跨学科的课程方法统一了科学内容的巨大多样性。这一努力将生物学5L——几乎所有加州大学洛杉矶分校生命科学专业的学生（目前每年超过800人）都选修的大型生物学入门课程——从“障碍课程”转变为“促进课程”，这是加州大学洛杉矶分校招收和留住理科学生的更大努力的一部分，尤其是在科学职业中代表性不足的少数群体中。该项目开发并将发布8个实验室模块（另外两个模块目前正在通过休斯基金会的试点资助开发），并将作为全国其他大型入门科学课程改革的典范。准备成为科学教师的学生将参与课程的设计、测试和评估。

The Computer-Integrated Introductory Biology Lab (CIBL) project is a four-year development effort to combine an innovative format for undergraduate biology laboratories with a thematic, cross-curricular approach to content instruction that integrates biology, physics, chemistry, atmospheric sciences, and mathematics. The CIBL laboratory supports and extends hands-on "wet" laboratory experiences using computer-based multimedia (interactive video, graphics, animation, sound and computer simulation), while the thematic, interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum unifies the enormous diversity of scientific content. This effort transforms Biology 5L, the large introductory biology class taken by virtually all life-science majors attending UCLA (currently over 800 per year) from a "barrier course" to a "facilitator course" as part of a larger effort at UCLA to recruit and retain student enrollment in science, especially within minority groups whose members are under represented in scientific careers. The project develops and will publish eight laboratory modules (in addition to two currently under development through a pilot grant from the Hughes Foundation), and will serve as a model for change in other large introductory science courses across the country. Students preparing to be science teachers will be involved with design, testing and evaluation of the course.