Collaborative Research: Networked Collaboration Modules for Integrating Mathematics and Engineering Education Using Intelligent Agents

计算机工程（32）卡内基梅隆大学和加州大学圣巴巴拉之间的这个合作项目正在扩展CCLI I型项目，该项目成功地展示了交互式对话技术与基于计算机的教学在大学一年级和中学外展环境中的整合。 I型项目的结果还表明，如果学生在提供上下文敏感结构以支持协作的在线环境中工作，这种技术的好处可以得到增强。 该项目正在创建智能代理监控，基于互联网聊天的模块，用于将数学和工程整合到本科工程课程中。 该项目还建立在之前NSF资助的赖特州立大学的工作，证明了在工程应用的背景下学习数学会导致学生在随后的课程中这两个科目的成绩提高。 该项目正在实施模块的智能代理为基础的系统，涵盖数学的微分，积分和微分方程在工程方面。 一名独立评估员正在对这些单元及其对具体学生学习成果的影响进行严格评估。 这些单元可通过项目网站免费下载，研究结果通过会议和期刊出版物传播。 这些单元还被用于对中学生的外联工作，以提高他们对科学和工程的兴趣。

Computer Engineering (32)This collaborative project between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California Santa Barbara is expanding a CCLI Type I project that successfully demonstrated the integration of interactive dialogue technology with computer-based instruction in first-year undergraduate and middle school outreach environments. Results from the Type I project also showed that the benefits of this technology can be enhanced if students work in on-line environments that provide context-sensitive structuring to support collaboration. This project is creating intelligent agent-monitored, internet chat-based modules for integrating mathematics and engineering in undergraduate engineering curricula. The project is also building on prior NSF funded work at Wright State University that demonstrated that learning mathematics in the context of engineering applications leads to increased student achievement in both subjects in subsequent courses. The project is implementing modules in the intelligent agent-based system covering the mathematics of differentiation, integration, and differential equations in engineering contexts. An independent evaluator is conducting a rigorous evaluation of the modules and their impact on specific student learning outcomes. The modules are being made available for free download via the project's website and the study results disseminated through conference and journal publications. The modules are also being used in an outreach effort to middle school students in an effort to increase their interest in science and engineering.