1 Center for Education Through eXploration and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona, USA.
2 Smart Sparrow, Sydney, Australia .
Astrobiology. 2018 Jan;18(1):86-99. doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1550.
Critical thinking and scientific reasoning are central to higher education in the United States, but many courses (in-person and online) teach students information about science much more than they teach the actual process of science and its associated knowledge and skills. In the online arena specifically, the tools available for course construction exacerbate this problem by making it difficult to build the types of active learning activities that research shows to be the most effective. Here, we present a report on Habitable Worlds, offered by Arizona State University for 12 semesters over the past 6 years. This is a unique online course that uses an array of novel technologies to deliver an active, inquiry-driven learning experience. Learning outcomes and quantitative data from more than 3000 students demonstrate the success of our approach but also identify several remaining challenges. The design and development of this course offers valuable lessons for instructional designers and educators who are interested in fully capitalizing on the capabilities of 21-century technology to achieve educational goals. Key Words: Online education-Active learning-SETI-Astrobiology-Teaching. Astrobiology 17, 86-99.
批判性思维和科学推理是美国高等教育的核心，但许多课程（无论是面授课程还是在线课程）教授给学生的科学信息比教授科学的实际过程及其相关知识和技能要多得多。特别是在在线领域，课程建设可用的工具通过使其难以构建研究表明最有效的那种主动学习活动，加剧了这个问题。在这里，我们介绍亚利桑那州立大学在过去 6 年的 12 个学期中提供的“可居住世界”课程。这是一门独特的在线课程，它使用了一系列新颖的技术来提供积极的、探究式的学习体验。来自 3000 多名学生的学习成果和定量数据证明了我们方法的成功，但也确定了一些仍待解决的挑战。该课程的设计和开发为有兴趣充分利用 21 世纪技术的能力来实现教育目标的教学设计者和教育工作者提供了宝贵的经验教训。
在线教育；主动学习；SETI；天体生物学；教学。天体生物学 17，86-99。
