RET Site: Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARETe): Connecting Community College Faculty and Students to University Engineering and Computer Science Labs

本网站：教师的真实研究经验（ARTe）：将社区学院教师和学生与大学工程和计算机科学实验室联系起来，增强了科罗拉多博尔德大学（CU）与丹佛-博尔德大都市区的五所两年制学位授予社区学院（2 YC）之间的协调：阿拉帕霍社区学院、奥罗拉社区学院、丹佛社区学院、前岭社区学院和红岩社区学院。该项目创建和培养了一个科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）2 YC教师网络，这些教师具有来自第一手研究经验的尖端主题的特定专业知识，沿着一系列合作开发的教育模块，将内容与2 YC学习和课程开发目标相结合。在该项目的每一年，10名2 YC教师将与CU教师合作，在工程和计算机科学学科进行实验室研究。示例研究主题包括：用于可再生电能发电的有机和混合光催化剂;用于精确农业的遥感;用于触觉传感和机器人感知的软机器人操纵器;用于红外传感和化学表征的超快激光脉冲实验;用于减少汽车排放和从生物量合成可再生材料的金属纳米颗粒催化剂;用于节能建筑的动态太阳能窗户;用于生物医学成像的相干激光源;以及用于生物电子传感和药物递送的有机电化学晶体管。2 YC教师将从沉浸式体验中走出来，深入了解国家需求的主题，并处于可再生能源，材料科学，生物医学研究，机器人技术和其他领域等领域研究的前沿。除了在发展2 YC教师研究知识和技能的同时推进广泛主题的研究外，该项目还将帮助2 YC将他们的研究整合到专门针对2 YC学习目标的STEM课程模块中，但专注于ARET研究主题。合作模块的开发将主要由参与2 YC教师，根据他们在CU的研究经验。该项目旨在建立和培养学习社区，以促进知识转移到2 YC学生，2 YC STEM课程的快速发展，以及CU和科罗拉多2 YC之间更紧密的联系。CU教师和研究生将提供新课程的实施和评估的亲自和远程支持，包括在2 YC校园的共同教学。研究团队将遵循结构化的向后设计方法来开发课程模块，利用混合和主动学习来传达重要的现代内容。作为一个广泛的目标，这些科罗拉多学习社区的培养预计将有助于降低学生从科罗拉多2 YCs转移到CU工程的障碍，通过学术准备和社会/该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估来支持的搜索.

This RET Site: Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARETe): Connecting Community College Faculty and Students to University Engineering and Computer Science Labs enhances coordination between the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and five, 2-year degree granting community colleges (2YCs) in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area: Arapahoe Community College, Community College of Aurora, Community College of Denver, Front Range Community College, and Red Rocks Community College. The project creates and cultivates a network of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 2YC faculty with specific expertise on cutting edge topics from first-hand research experience, along with a set of collaboratively-developed educational modules that integrate content with 2YC learning and curricula development goals. In each year of the project, ten 2YC faculty will collaborate with CU faculty to carry out laboratory research in engineering and computer science disciplines. Example research topics include: organic and hybrid photovoltaics for renewable electric energy generation; remote sensing for precision agriculture; soft robotic manipulators for tactile sensing and robotic perception; ultrafast laser pulse experiments for infrared sensing and chemical characterization; metal nanoparticle catalysis for reduced automotive emissions and renewable material synthesis from biomass; dynamic solar windows for energy-efficient building; coherent laser sources for biomedical imaging; and organic electrochemical transistors for bioelectronic sensing and drug delivery. The 2YC faculty will come away from the immersive experience with in-depth understanding of topics of national need and at the forefront of research on areas as diverse as renewable energy, materials science, biomedical research, robotics, and other areas. In addition to advancing research in a broad array of topics while developing 2YC faculty research knowledge and skills, the project will help 2YCs to integrate their research into STEM curriculum modules specifically targeting 2YC learning goals, but focusing on ARETe research topics. Collaborative module development will be primarily driven by participating 2YC faculty, based on their research experiences at CU. The project aims to establish and cultivate learning communities to facilitate transfer of knowledge to 2YC students, rapid progression of 2YC STEM curricula, and stronger connections between CU and Colorado 2YCs. CU faculty and graduate students will provide in-person and remote support of the implementation and assessment of new curricula, including co-instruction on 2YC campuses. Research teams will follow a structured backward design approach to curriculum module development, utilizing blended and active learning to convey important modern content. As a broad-ranging goal, the cultivation of these Colorado learning communities is expected to help lower the barrier for student transfer from Colorado 2YCs to CU Engineering, through both academic preparation and social/emotional benefits from mentoring by CU faculty and graduate students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.