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

工程-其他（59）普通民众的技术素养越来越被视为技术社会的必要条件。公民必须了解什么是技术，它是如何工作的，它是如何创造的，它如何塑造社会，以及社会如何影响技术发展，如果他们要做出明智的决定和选择。在国家科学基金会和国家工程院主办的一次讲习班上，提出了一个技术扫盲课程设计和评价框架，技术扫盲课程框架为该项目提供了指导和信息。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，正在通过该项目建立一个基于该框架的技术扫盲材料库，全国各地希望教授技术扫盲课程的人都可以方便地使用该库。由此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开设和评估技术扫盲课程。

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.