 READ-IT Bush-To-Base Bio-Informatics is developing a READ-IT Program to enhance and facilitate educational opportunities. Through research, education and dissemination of information, undergraduate and graduate students can explore different fields of interest, learn to communicate effectively across disciplines and perceived academic boundaries, and be better prepared to collaborate on common meaningful projects. Bush-To-Base research and educational programs are designed to catalyze information transfer across many boundaries and provide another means for bridging the gaps in scientific endeavors. The term “READ-IT” stands for Research, Education, And Dissemination using Information Technology. The READ-IT database utilizes Information Technology to bring faculty and university students together for the purpose of sharing knowledge and developing web-based educational modules that can be used to disseminate information under several different scenarios. Furthermore, the education team at Bush-To-Base sees field and industry researchers as largely untapped resources that could also be used for educational purposes. In an effort to cast a wider net and benefit from their experience and expertise, the READ-IT module design process requires that the student designers connect a researcher, excluding their faculty advisor, who is actively working in a field that is related to their module topic. Also, there is a section of each module that provides the users with ideas about how to give back to the local community or environment where that researcher is working. READ-IT modules are designed to make learning more readily accessible, interactive and fun. We are currently designing and testing several different educational modules. Upon completion, the READ-IT database will be compiled and loaded on our website. The database will be a number of interactive educational modules that have been designed by university students from Virginia Tech. These modules are accessible to students and teachers, as well as the general public. Teachers can even access the READ-IT database, search for a particular subjects of interest and employ them to provide their students with a hands-on interactive learning experience. As our READ-IT Program expands, an on-line application and submission process will allow students from other universities across the country to submit new modules to be considered for addition to the READ-IT database. Links for Teachers and interested viewers: Links for University Professors and Students: |
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