HigherEd 2.0: Transforming STEM Undergraduate Education

工程机械(56)这个项目正在开发、部署、评估和传播二年级力学课程中的Highered2.0。Highered2.0是一个高度协作、技术驱动的环境，允许学生创建、管理和评估他们自己的学习材料。该项目强调学生的创作和学习材料的同行评议。他们正在通过使用播客、博客、维基和其他异步Web2.0工具来创建一个协作学习环境。该项目直接解决了工程力学课程在自由身体图、矢量力学和牛顿运动等关键主题领域对改善学习结果的持续需求。学生的学习结果正在使用国家标准化的数据集进行评估。这些成果正通过教员研讨会、研究专著和工程教育学术期刊广泛传播。

Engineering Mechanical (56)This project is developing, deploying, assessing and disseminating HigherEd 2.0 within second year mechanics courses. HigherEd 2.0 is a highly collaborative, technology driven environment allowing students to create, manage and evaluate their own learning materials. The project is emphasizing student creation and peer-review of learning materials. They are creating a collaborative learning environment through the use of podcasting, blogging, wikis, and other asynchronous Web 2.0 tools. The project is directly addressing the on-going need for improved learning outcomes in the engineering mechanics curriculum in key topic areas such as free body diagrams, vector mechanics, and Newtonian motion.The student learning outcomes are being assessed using nationally-normed datasets. The results are being widely disseminated through faculty workshops, research monographs and scholarly journals on engineering education.