Pilot Study for a "Course-Less" Curriculum

建议没有。项目编号：02306881项目负责人：Knox， robert机构名称：俄克拉何马大学诺曼校区项目名称：规划补助金：“无课程”课程试点研究摘要该规划补助金的工作将建立在“更快城市”项目的基础上，该项目是一个全面、综合的基础设施设计项目，贯穿俄克拉何马大学土木工程课程，从大一开始。大一新生会得到一块未开发的土地，等他们毕业时，这块土地就变成了更快城基础设施的蓝图。除其他事项外，该项目促进了传统课程不经常涉及的五个结果，但ABET 2000强调了这五个结果：团队建设、沟通、领导、设计和更高水平的学习技能。出于实际目的，最初的Sooner City项目是在传统的“课程导向”课程背景下实施的。虽然这种策略能促进教师的参与，并将院校成本减至最低，但如果课程更灵活，即按需向学生提供基本的工程科学技能和工具，以完成项目，上述成果可能会更充分地实现。因此，这个计划奖助金的目标是向一个项目驱动的、“无课程”的课程迈进。在这种情况下，“无课程”并不是指“没有课程”。相反，他们的数量会“减少”，因为教授基本概念的传统课程将被自定进度模块所取代。具体来说，通过供水和分配设计任务，更快城市项目将为学习工程流体力学原理提供背景。当学生面临新的分析或设计任务，而他们没有必要的流体背景时，工具将通过交互式模块及时提供给他们。在这个框架内，拟议的试点项目可以分为三个子任务：开发流体力学核心领域的自主学习模块，充分利用信息技术；开发更快的城市设计项目，以及时的方式整合这些模块；评估方法的有效性。该项目的成果将提供必要的洞察力，以指导未来走向更强大的“无课程”教育体验。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230681PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Knox, RobertINSTITUTION NAME: University of Oklahoma Norman CampusTITLE: Planning Grant: Pilot Study for a "Course-less" CurriculumAbstractWork in this planning grant would build upon the Sooner City project, which is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threaded throughout the Oklahoma University civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year. Freshmen are given a plat of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, is turned into a blueprint for Sooner City's infrastructure. Among other things, the project promotes five outcomes not always addressed by traditional curricula, but which are emphasized by ABET 2000: team building, communication, leadership, design, and higher level learning skills. For practical purposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the context of the traditional "course-dictated" curriculum. While this strategy promotes faculty buy-in and minimizes institutional cost, the above outcomes may be more fully realized if the curriculum were more flexible, viz, provide basic engineering science skills and tools to the students on an as-needed basis to complete the project. Thus, the objective of this planning grant is to pilot a move toward a project-driven, "course-less" curriculum. In this setting, "course-less" does not refer to "no courses." Rather, there would be "less" of them because traditional courses that teach basic concepts would be replaced with self-paced modules.Specifically, the Sooner City project, through water supply and distribution design tasks, will provide context for learning the principles of engineering fluid mechanics. When students are faced with a new analysis or design task for which they do not have the prerequisite fluids background, the tools will be provided to them on a just-in-time basis via interactive modules. Within this framework, the proposed pilot project can be broken down into three subtasks: development of self-paced learning modules for core areas of fluid mechanics that take full advantage of information technology; development of Sooner City design projects that integrate these modules in a just-in-time fashion; assessment of the efficacy of the methods. Outcomes from the project will provide the needed insight to direct future steps toward a more robust "course-less" educational experience.