Online and Networked Education for Students in Transfer Engineering Programs (ONE-STEP)

本工程教育研究项目旨在探索并推广基于平板电脑的社区大学工程预科课程教学方法。该项目将完成可用于面对面和远程教育课程的材料的开发，支持社区学院教师使用这些材料的培训，并调查在社区学院教室中采用这些材料的障碍。这个项目更广泛的意义和重要性将是在教师之间建立网络，这些教师寻求克服与在一系列社区学院提供高质量工程预科内容相关的挑战。该项目如果成功，将有助于增加社区大学学生成功转入四年制工程专业的人数。特别值得注意的是，该项目计划影响大量经济困难的学生和来自弱势群体的学生，这些学生在社区大学项目中注册了大量学生。

This engineering education research project seeks to discover then disseminate tablet computer based teaching methods for engineering preparatory courses in community colleges. The project will finalize development of materials which can be used for both face-to-face and distance education courses, support training of community college faculty in using these materials, and investigate the barriers to adoption of the materials in community college classrooms.The broader significance and importance of this project will be the creation of networks among faculty who seek to overcome the challenges associated with offering high quality pre-engineering content at a range of community colleges. The project, if successful, will help to increase the number of community college students who successfully transfer to four-year engineering programs. Of particular note is the project's plan to impact a significant number of economically disadvantaged students and students from underrepresented groups who are enrolled in high numbers in community college programs.