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Visionlearning〔"http://www.visionlearning.com", accessed 10 Feb 2010〕 is a free, web-based resource for students and educators in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Geared toward those studying at high school and undergraduate levels, Visionlearning takes advantage of recent advances in new media to provide students and educators with learning and teaching materials. Research by project personnel has shown that this peer-reviewed and bilingual content improves student understanding of science and facilitates multidisciplinary teaching. The project also strives to build community around improving STEM education.〔Carpi, A. and Mikhailova, Y. The Visionlearning Project: Evaluating the Design and Effectiveness of Interdisciplinary Science Web Content. Journal of College Science Teaching. Sept/Oct 2003 pp. 2-5〕 Supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, Visionlearning provides educational content that not only explores specific STEM concepts, but examines how we know these things. Project leaders believe that an important facet of succeeding in these disciplines is understanding their respective histories, as well as engaging with the process of discovery. ==History== In 1998, Dr. Anthony Carpi, an environmental chemist and then-assistant professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York, designed and launched a prototype Internet learning resource for science students, called The Natural Science Pages. This was in part a response to the growing evidence that poor textbook content and deficient teaching materials contribute to inadequate science education.〔American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2000. Heavy Books Light on Learning. Washington, D.C.: Project 2061.〕 The purpose of the prototype was to see if presenting important course information in a new form would improve what students understood, what information they remembered, and how well they performed in their class overall.〔Carpi, A. 2001. Improvements in undergraduate science education using web-based instructional modules: The natural science pages. Journal of chemical Education 78(12): 1709.〕 What this research showed, through standardized exam scores and student retention data, was that using the prototype significantly improved science comprehension and performance in the targeted natural science course.〔Carpi, A. 2001. Improvements in undergraduate science education using web-based instructional modules: The natural science pages. Journal of chemical Education 78(12): 1709.〕 Further evaluations also showed that the prototype helped improve communication skills and student engagement with the course. In response to the success of The Natural Science Pages prototype and with support of the NSF,〔DUE#0088851 Visionlearning: An Education Web Portal CUNY John Jay College Awarded 12/06/2000 06/06/2000 $75,000.00 and DUE 0127246 Visionlearning: An Interdisciplinary Science Education Web Portal CUNY John Jay College Awarded 02/14/2002 06/06/2001 $499,784.00〕 Carpi developed the Visionlearning project, which brought on a group of scientists and educators to create content and became a website open to students and educators worldwide. In the last decade, Visionlearning has evolved into a more comprehensive website that provides free educational materials to support the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, with translations into Spanish. These materials include independent learning modules that focus on distinct topics within STEM disciplines, teaching resources, a MyClassroom tool (similar to Moodle or WebCT) that allows educators to customize and maintain a virtual learning environment for their students, and new media elements to benefit multiple learning styles. A key feature of all of Visionlearning’s material is an emphasis on the process of science and discovery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Visionlearning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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