Interactive, Interdisciplinary Instruction

布里瓦德社区学院（BCC）是一所多校区、男女同校的高等教育机构，位于佛罗里达州东部，将继续开发和利用计算机技术来开发一种互动的、跨学科的方法来教授科学、数学和技术。这一努力的一个关键组成部分将是在墨尔本校区和肯尼迪航天中心/帕特里克空军基地（KSC/PAFB）扩建处建立三个计算机实验室，为该地区的空间工业和军事设施提供服务。每个实验室将被指定为一个特定的学科（数学、科学或技术），并在并发会议期间举行课程。此外，这些实验室将能够“c-u-see-me”技术，并用于设计跨学科课程的完整课程。在这个项目下计划开发的第一个跨学科课程将是大学代数/化学。每个跨学科实验班将由10台个人电脑、多媒体和互联网/内部网设备组成，这些设备将实现班级之间的实时互动，并允许班级从校园外（包括具有类似能力的不同机构的班级）发送和接收信息。这些实验室旨在教导学生数学、科学和技术在解决问题中的相互关系；扩大目前使用的网上教学技术，为在家的残疾学生提供“看我”技术；并将这些跨学科课程带给KSC/PAFB扩展项目的学生。该项目的评估将包括比较学生的成功率、满意度和在课堂上使用互动、跨学科教学法与传统的以讲座为基础的课程的保留率。与学院目前使用的其他在线教学方法相比，评估项目影响还将揭示它对无法在现场上课的残疾学生的价值。将对课程结果进行方差分析，以确定残疾学生在数学、科学和技术领域的成功率是否因为使用cu SEE ME技术增加了交流和互动而有所提高。

Brevard Community College (BCC), a multi-campus, co-educational institution of higher learning located on the east cost of Florida, will continue to develop and utilize computer technology to develop an interactive, interdisciplinary approach to teaching science, mathematics, and technology. A key component of this effort will be the establishment of three computer laboratories on the Melbourne Campus and at the Kennedy Space Center/Patrick Air Force Base (KSC/PAFB) extension which serves space industry and military installations in the district. Each lab will be designated for a specific discipline (math, science, or technology) with classes held during concurrent sessions. In addition, these laboratories will be capable of "c-u-see-me" technology and utilized to design a complete curriculum of interdisciplinary courses. The first interdisciplinary course scheduled for development under this project will be College Algebra/Chemistry. Each interdisciplinary lab class will consist of ten PC's and multimedia and internet/intranet equipment which will enable live interaction between classes and allow the classes to transmit and receive from outside the campus, including classes at different institutions having similar capabilities. These labs are proposed to teach students the inter-relatedness of math, science, and technology in problem solving; to expand the currently used technology for online instruction to include c-u-see-me technology for home-bound students with disabilities; and to bring these interdisciplinary courses to students at the KSC/PAFB extension. Evaluation of the project will consist of a comparison of student success rates, satisfaction, and retention in classes using the interactive, interdisciplinary pedagogy to traditional lecture-based classes. Assessing project impact will also shed light on its value to disabled students unable to attend classes onsite when compared to other online instructional methods currently used by the college. An ANOVA will be run on course outcomes to determine if students with disabilities have an improved success rate in the mathematics, science, and technology fields as a result of increased communication and interaction through the use of C U SEE ME technology.