SIMPLE Science: Image-based learning tools for K-12 education

该项目为NSDL做出了贡献，克服了在K-12教育中主流使用图像处理和分析（IPA）的障碍。该系统(1)使主流教育工作者和公众可以使用IPA作为一种易于使用的学习工具；(2)为教育工作者提供广泛和可更新的成像数据档案；(3)提供了一种教学结构，帮助教育工作者以支持实现特定国家教育标准的方式使用成像数据。该项目创建了一个三层结构，支持学生使用IPA，从基本探索如何在各个科学领域使用成像，到对档案数据进行原始研究。第一层的特点是教程，指导学生通过案例研究，复制由领先的成像科学家进行的研究，并解释成像科学的关键概念。第二层以在线形式实现现有材料的更新版本和基于引导发现方法的新课程。第三层为学生和教师提供了一个结构，可以使用档案图像以及选定的互联网来源的图像进行自我指导的研究。来自美国各地的学校、教师和地区已被招募为该项目的测试人员，代表了有望使用最终系统的教育工作者和学生的横截面。通过制作软件和资源的CD-ROM版本，在网上和通过成熟的经销商销售，解决了可持续性问题。额外的在线订阅可以通过“按许可证付费”服务获得网站提供的课程和资源。NSDL开发人员可以免费获得所有开发的材料。美国国家科学基金会数学和物理科学理事会的多学科活动办公室为该项目提供了重要的联合资助，以认识到数字图书馆对支持该项目的重要性，以增强工具，采用和生成用于教师和学生图像处理和分析的资源。

This project develops a contribution to the NSDL that overcomes barriers to mainstream use of image processing and analysis (IPA) in K-12 education. The system (1) makes IPA accessible to mainstream educators and the public as an easy to use tool for learning; (2) affords access by educators to extensive and updateable archives of imaging data; and (3) provides a pedagogical structure that helps educators use imaging data in a manner that supports attainment of specific national education standards. The project creates a three-tiered structure that supports student's use of IPA from basic explorations of how imaging is used in various fields of science to original research on data available from an archive. The first tier features tutorials that guide students through case studies replicating research conducted by leading imaging scientists and explains key concepts in imaging science. Tier two implements, in an online format, updated versions of existing materials and new lessons based on guided-discovery approaches. Tier three provides a structure for students and teachers to conduct self-guided research using archive images as well as images from selected Internet sources. Schools, teachers, and districts from across the United States have been recruited to be testers for the project, representing a cross-section of the educators and students who can be expected to use the finalized system. Sustainability is addressed by producing CD-ROM versions of the software and resources for sale online and via established resellers. Additional online subscription is available through a "pay-per-license" service for lessons and resources provided by the Web site. All of the developed materials are available to NSDL developers at no cost. The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences is providing significant co-funding of this project in recognition of the importance of a digital library for the support of this project to enhance tools and adopt and generate resources for image processing and analysis for teachers and students.