Strategies: Action at a Distance

内布拉斯加州大学与国家农村教育研究中心、科学、数学和计算机教育中心(UNL)以及内布拉斯加州的18个教育服务单位(ESU 1-ESU 18)合作，利用远程教育和通信技术，通过向内布拉斯加州的高中提供科学研究，为学生和教师提供大学外展机会。该项目的主要目的是通过促进学生参与宇宙射线观测实验来满足内布拉斯加州最偏远农村地区的学生和教师的需求，在该实验中，学生在全州的学校建造、操作、维护和使用宇宙射线探测器，创建一个观察点网络，一个全州范围的学习社区，并培养对物理和天文学的兴趣和学习。该项目将采用视频会议、视频流演示和指导、夏季研讨会和学年会议以及互联网社交网络作为交付系统的组合。它将侧重于比较远程参与者和当地学校的参与者的经验，并寻求优化必要的接触水平，以保持兴趣、活动和长期影响。总体方案目标是制定和实施一项示范战略，鼓励农村教师和学生在课堂上和通过课外/课外活动积极参与10-12年级的STEM研究。

The University of Nebraska partners with the National Center for Research on Rural Education, The Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education (UNL), and Nebraska's 18 Educational Service Units (ESU 1-ESU 18) to utilize distance education and communication technologies to provide university outreach opportunities to students and teachers through science research to high schools in Nebraska. The chief aim of the project is to serve the needs of students and teachers in the most remote rural areas of the state of Nebraska through fostered participation in a cosmic ray observatory experiment where students build, operate, maintain, and utilize cosmic ray detectors in schools across the state creating a network of observation points, a state wide learning community, and foster increased interest and learning in physics and astronomy. The project will employ a combination of video-conferencing, video-streamed demonstrations and instructions, summer workshops and academic year conferences, and internet social networking as delivery systems. It will focus on the comparison of the experiences of remote participants with those from local schools, and seek to optimize the level of contact necessary to sustain interest, activity, and long-term impact. The overall program goal is the development and implementation of a model strategy that encourages rural teachers' and students' active participation in STEM research in grades 10-12 both in class and through extracurricular/afterschool activities.