Creating a replicable transformation path for change: A pilot study on overcoming the barriers to individualized teaching and learning

该项目正在评估网络学习社区作为一种机制的有效性，以启动大学一级STEM内容的教学和学习的持久变革。机构合作伙伴是一个四年制的机构和两个区域社区学院，这两个都是西班牙裔服务机构。PI正在评估区域网络结构内的行动研究方法，作为持续改进STEM教学和学习的一种手段。机构伙伴正在通过参加年度讲习班和持续讲习班来建设其行动研究能力。这些讲习班使教师参与者能够构思、计划、实施和评估他们自己的课程级教学实验。该网络是一个学习社区，参与者可以集体反思他们的成果，并相互学习。我们现正研究开放教育资源，以确定其对提升本科生学习和自我指导的价值。PI还评估了意义的作用，以激励和吸引所有参与者（教师，学生和社区合作伙伴）。这项试点研究正在推进我们对如何成功地利用新兴的开放教育资源，以促进个性化的学习体验，为学生设计不同的大学前生活经历的理解。该项目还侧重于揭示所需的结构和过程，使有意义的和持续的教师发起的STEM教育的变化。

This project is assessing the effectiveness of a networked learning community as a mechanism to initiate lasting change in the teaching and learning of college-level STEM content. The institutional partners are a four-year institution and two regional community colleges, both of which are Hispanic-serving institutions. The PIs are assessing the method of action research within the structure of a regional network as a means for sustained improvement in STEM teaching and learning. Institutional partners are building their capacity for action research through participation in annual and on-going workshops. The workshops are enabling faculty participants to conceive, plan, implement and assess their own course-level experiments in teaching and learning. The network is serving as a learning community where participants can collectively reflect on their results and learn from one another. Open education resources are being explored to determine their value to enhance and self-direct undergraduate learning. The PIs are also assessing the role of meaning to motivate and engage all participants (faculty, students, and community partners). This pilot study is advancing our understanding of how to successfully use emergent open educational resources to facilitate the design of individualized learning experiences for students with diverse prior-college life experiences. The project also focuses on revealing the structures and processes needed to enable meaningful and sustained faculty-initiated change in STEM education.