DLI-Phase 2: Digital Libraries for Children

摘要IIS-9909086Druum，马里兰大学艾利森分校，0-24个月。(该奖项由本科教育司全额资助，金额为408,437-24个月。)DLI第二阶段：儿童数字图书馆这个项目考察了儿童数字资源的可获得性。它考虑了儿童访问、探索和组织数字学习材料的不同方式。马里兰大学的一个跨学科团队正在与小学教师和儿童(5-10岁)合作，开发一个包含关于动物的文本、图像、音频和视频资源的儿童数字图书馆环境。这项工作得到了探索频道和美国内政部帕图克森野生动物研究中心材料的支持。尽管演示试验台的重点是动物的内容领域，但正在构建和评估的技术并不局限于这种用途。这是一项有七个目标的研究项目：1)了解儿童在学习环境中的独特需求；2)开发用于儿童数字图书馆的新的可视化技术；3)为多个共处一地的数字图书馆用户开发新的协作工具；4)为数字图书馆用户开发新的呈现工具；5)了解数字图书馆环境对儿童作为研究人员和学习者的影响；6)为教师创建支持材料和在职培训机会，以开展利用数字图书馆环境的参与活动；以及7)制定和评估开发儿童数字图书馆技术的新研究方法。这项研究以人为中心，关注查询、浏览、组织和呈现。在这四个领域中的每一个领域，都在考虑信息可视化、协作技术以及对儿童学习体验的影响等问题。在整个研究过程中，不同的观点和广泛的经验被纳入评价方案。这项研究的成果将是儿童数字图书馆设计、技术和实践方面的重要新进展，以及一套可在小学环境中广泛使用的教育工具。

AbstractIIS-9909086Druin, Allison University of Maryland$0 - 24 mos. (Award totally funded by Division of Undergraduate Education in the amount of $408,437 - 24 mos.) DLI Phase 2: Digital Libraries for Children This project examines the accessibility of digital resources for young children. It considers the different ways that children access, explore, and organize digital learning materials. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Maryland is collaborating with elementary school teachers and children (ages 5-10) to develop a children's digital library environment containing text, image, audio, and video resources on animals. The effort is supported by materials from the Discovery Channel and the U.S. Department of Interior's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Although the demonstration testbed focuses on the content area of animals, the technologies being built and evaluated are not restricted to that use. This is a research project with seven goals: 1) to understand the unique needs of children in learning environments; 2) to develop new visualization techniques for use in children's digital libraries; 3) to develop new collaboration tools for multiple co-located users of digital libraries; 4) to develop new presentation tools for digital library users; 5) to understand the impact of a digital library environment can have on children as researchers and learners; 6) to create support materials and inservice training opportunities for teachers to develop engagement activities that make use of a digital library environment; and 7) to formulate and evaluate new research methods for developing children's digital library technologies. The research is human-centered and is concerned about querying, browsing, organization and presentation. In each of these four areas, the issues of information visualization, collaboration technologies, and impact on children's learning experiences are being considered. Throughout the research process, diverse points of view and a wide range of experience are being incorporated into the evaluation protocols. The outcomes of this research will be important new advances in digital library design, technologies, and practices for children and a suite of educational tools that can be broadly used in the primary school setting.