E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education (E-MATE)

越来越多的学生与他们的移动的设备建立了密切的联系。为了利用这种联系，该项目正在创建一个通用框架，用于STEM教育中的电子书和移动的应用程序的开发。该框架最初用于与两个国家ATE卓越中心的内容专家一起为光子学和网络课程创建电子书和移动的应用程序。该框架由模板、示例代码、文档和其他材料组成，使教师和机构能够创建自己的电子书和移动的应用程序。框架开发是基础广泛的，涵盖iOS，Android和基于Web的平台，以最大限度地提高采用率。ATE中心的两个合作伙伴与项目团队密切合作，确保最佳教学方法和技术的最佳整合，以利于学生学习，并支持教师使用这些新工具进行教学。交付成果的评估包括最终用户（学生和教师）和对使用项目框架感兴趣的开发人员（其他机构）的测试，以及评估学生学习的潜在收益。这项工作的广泛影响可能是巨大的，因为用户可以从苹果的App Store、Android Market和amazon.com等相应的市场下载电子书和移动的应用程序，成本比传统教科书低得多。通过技术合作方案和信息和通信技术中心，以及网站和讲习班、论坛和国家会议上的介绍，进一步广泛传播材料和框架。

A rapidly increasing number of students have strong connections with their mobile devices. To leverage this connection, this project is creating a generic framework for the development of e-books and mobile applications in STEM education. The framework is initially used to create e-books and mobile apps for Photonics and Networking courses in conjunction with content experts at two National ATE Centers of Excellence. The framework consists of templates, sample code, documentation and other materials that are enabling faculty and institutions to create their own e-books and mobile apps. The framework development is broad-based, covering iOS, Android, and web-based platforms for maximizing adoption. The two ATE Center partners work closely with the project's team to ensure the optimal integration of the best pedagogical approaches and technology to benefit student learning and to support faculty teaching using these new tools. Evaluation of the deliverables includes testing by both end users (students and faculty) and developers interested in using the project framework (other institutions), as well as assessing potential gains in student learning. The broader impact of the work is potentially substantial since users can download the e-books and mobile apps from the respective market places such as Apple's App Store, the Android Market, and amazon.com at much reduced costs than for traditional textbooks. Additional dissemination of the materials and framework is broad through the OP-TEC and ICT Centers, as well as a website and workshops, forums, and presentations at national conferences.