Collaborative Research: EFFECTIVE: Exploring a Framework for Evaluating Courses on Technology in Various Environments

工程-其他（59）普通大众的技术素养越来越被视为技术社会的必需品。公民必须了解技术是什么，它是如何工作的，它是如何创造的，它是如何塑造社会的，以及社会是如何影响技术发展的，如果他们要做出明智的决定和选择的话。在由国家科学基金会和国家工程院赞助的一个讲习班上，出现了一个技术知识课程的设计和评价框架，技术知识课程框架指导和通知了这个项目。该项目正在完善和验证该框架，并在此基础上开发课程和模块。正在通过这个项目建立一个以框架为基础的技术扫盲材料储存库，希望在全国各地教授技术扫盲课程的人可以很容易地利用这个储存库。所产生的工具和教学战略正在广泛传播，以便大学和社区学院能够在各自的校园内设立和评价技术知识课程。

Engineering - Other (59)Technological literacy for the general population is increasingly viewed as a necessity in a technological society. Citizens must understand what technology is, how it works, how it is created, how it shapes society, and how society influences technological development if they are to make informed decisions and choices. At a workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering, a framework for the design and evaluation of technological literacy courses emerged and the framework for technological literacy courses guides and informs this project. The project is refining and validating the framework and developing courses and modules based on it. A repository of technological literacy materials based on the framework is being established through this project that is easily accessible to those who wish to teach technological literacy courses across the nation. The resulting tools and teaching strategies are being disseminated broadly so that universities and community colleges can establish and evaluate technological literacy courses on their respective campuses.