Research Initiation Grant: E4 - Enhanced Engineering Education & Engagement

这项工程教育研究启动基金旨在回答技术如何影响工程课堂学习的问题。虽然人们通常认为技术可以增加学习，但对机构和/或学生来说，技术可能是昂贵的，因此需要研究来帮助确定这种投资何时是最有价值的。该奖项支持的工程学院和心理学研究人员之间的合作将有助于确定是技术影响了学习，还是其他因素可以以更低的成本复制。这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性将是调查技术如何影响课堂文化，从而为大学的决策提供信息，确定技术投资对给定的学习成果是否明智。该项目特别关注在工程领域代表性不足的女性和残疾学生。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养具有新能力和专业知识的工程人才来改变前沿。此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过创造对社会有用的结果和研究，为教育政策和实践提供信息。

This research initiation grant in engineering education project seeks to answer the question of how technology impacts learning in engineering classrooms. While technology is often assumed to lead to increased learning, it can be expensive for institutions and/or students and thus research is needed to help determine when such investment is most valuable. The collaboration between engineering faculty and psychology researchers this award supports will help to determine whether it is the technology that impacts learning, or other factors that may be replicable at lower cost.The broader significance and importance of this project will be to investigate how technology impacts a classroom culture, thus informing decisions by universities whether investments in technology are wise for given learning outcomes. The project specifically focuses on women and disabled students who are under-represented in engineering. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.