A New Paradigm for Curriculum Development and Dissemination:The WWW Earth Resources Educational Site (ERES)

鉴于万维网的独特能力，该项目建议创建地球资源教育网站(ERES)。该网站将包括：1)多媒体演示(虚拟实地考察、交互式Java模型、3D交互式模型)，说明资源的数学概念、科学原理和问题；2)交互式“实时”案例研究；3)教师讲稿，说明将这些案例研究成功地纳入地球科学课堂的方法；以及4)网上公告栏，用于资源和教学讨论。为了创建这个活动的网站，需要组建一个开发团队来创建交互式Web编程。网络组件将由来自全国各地的大学地球科学教师组成的Beta团队进行测试。这些讲师将参加关于ERES的研讨会，在课堂上使用该网站，为开发团队进行网站组件的Beta测试，并帮助创建案例研究教师笔记。通过传播关于地球资源的知识和建立一个网络用户网络，地球资源研究项目的目的是：1)说明地球资源问题对现代社会的重要性；2)促进地球科学教员之间的交流；3)利用万维网多媒体演示来增强学习体验；4)促进在地球科学课堂上使用案例研究；5)提高广大学生的批判性思维、解决问题、定量推理和计算技能。在更广泛的范围内，它希望表明万维网是传播课程和课程开发努力的有效手段。这一提议代表了探索万维网在教育方面的许多可能性的一种尝试。虽然教学资源网站可以在网上使用，但它们并没有利用Web的大部分功能。Eres的设计是为了吸引人、提供信息，并与Web上最好的商业和娱乐网站竞争。一些建议的技术已经在怀俄明大学和刘易斯-克拉克州立学院进行了初步但有限的测试。对网络教学有效性的扩展测试将通过一个令人信服的网站完成，该网站由一个具有必要设计技能、技术能力、奉献精神以及时间和资源的团队开发。在这个项目期间为网络教学开发的技术旨在很容易地转移到其他科学中。该专题的社会相关性、使用多媒体演示的大量机会、广泛传播和持续传播的潜力以及适应性表明，该项目可能对未来课程开发项目中使用网络的方式产生重要影响。

In light of the World Wide Web's unique capabilities, this project proposes to create the Earth Resources Educational Site (ERES). This site will incorporate: 1) multimedia presentations (virtual field trips, interactive Java models, 3D interactive models) that illustrate resource mathematical concepts, scientific principles and issues; 2) interactive "real-time" case studies; 3) teacher notes illustrating successful ways of incorporating these case studies in Earth science classes; and 4) Web bulletin boards for resource and instructional discussions. To create this active Web site, a Development Team is assembled to create the interactive Web programming. Web components will be tested by a Beta Team consisting of college Earth science instructors from around the nation. These instructors will attend workshops on ERES, use the site in their classes, conduct beta testing of the site components for the Development Team and help create the case study teacher notes. By disseminating knowledge about ERES and creating a Web network of users, the ERES project intends to: 1) illustrate the importance of Earth resource issues for modern societies; 2) promote communication between Earth science instructors; 3) use WWW multimedia presentations to enhance the learning experience; 4) promote the use of case studies in Earth science classes; and 5) improve the critical thinking, problem solving, quantitative reasoning and computational skills of a wide range of students. On a more general scale, it hopes to show that the World Wide Web is an effective means to disseminate course and curriculum development efforts. This proposal represents an attempt to explore the many possibilities of the WWW with respect to education. Although teaching resource sites are available on the Web, they do not utilize a large portion of the Web's capabilities. ERES is being designed so that it is engaging and informative and competes with the best business and entertainment sites on the Web. Some of the techniques proposed have been tested in a preliminary but limited manner at the University of Wyoming and Lewis-Clark State College. An expanded test of the effectiveness of Web instruction will be accomplished through a compelling Web site, developed by a team with the necessary design skills, technical abilities, dedication as well as time and resources. Techniques being developed for Web instruction during this project are intended to be readily transferable to other sciences. The socially relevant nature of the topic, abundant opportunities for engaging multimedia presentations, potential for wide-spread and ongoing dissemination and adaptability suggest that this project could have important implications for the way the Web is used in future course development projects.