PPD: Computer Science Program for Students with Disabilities

PPD：针对残疾学生的计算机科学计划

• 批准号: 9986689
• 负责人: Joan Francioni
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: Winona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9986689&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PPD; Computer; Science; Program; Students

The intent of this project is to develop a barrier-free computer science program that is accessible to students with disabilities. Computer Science is a popular major choice for high school students with disabilities planning to go to college. The number of Computer Science majors at the college level has increased significantly, but few students with disabilities are among these computer science majors. A number of barriers exist for these students in a traditional computer science curriculum. Three of the major barriers are: Little assistive technology is available to aid students in learning to program, the main focus of the first two years in a computer science curriculum. The science and mathematics courses of a computer science curriculum are usually not set up to use existing assistive technology that is specifically designed for these kinds of classes. The traditional ways that most computer science courses are taught make heavy use of visual images and abstractions that cannot be easily interpreted by students with visual disabilities and some learning disabilities. We will begin by focusing our tool development on students with visual disabilities. The assistive computer equipment for the project, however, will also support students with limited mobility disabilities. The project will also tangentially support students with hearing and some learning disabilities since the activities and tools to be developed will offer alternative representations of information. Three major goals have been identified for the project: i. Build a high quality, barrier-free, computer science degree program for the southeast region of Minnesota that can serve as a model for other computer science programs in the country. It will be important for this first program to be of high quality so there is no question that graduates of the program are any less qualified than other computer scientists, and it can serve as a valid model for other programs in the country. ii. Develop awareness among Minnesota high school students with disabilities, as well as their counselors, teachers, and parents, of the opportunity to major in computer science in college. It will be necessary to actively recruit students into the program in the beginning. As these students successfully move through the program, however, majoring in Computer Science will be able to be seen as a realistic possibility for future high school students with disabilities. iii. Increase awareness, for all students and faculty in the programs, of barriers faced in computing by people with disabilities. As computer scientists become more aware of these barriers, they will be better able to design future software programs that are accessible from the start.

这个项目的目的是开发一个无障碍的计算机科学课程，供残疾学生使用。对于计划上大学的残疾高中生来说，计算机科学是一个受欢迎的专业选择。大学层次的计算机专业数量大幅增加，但这些计算机专业中几乎没有残障学生。在传统的计算机科学课程中，这些学生面临着许多障碍。其中三个主要障碍是：几乎没有辅助技术来帮助学生学习编程，这是计算机科学课程头两年的主要重点。计算机科学课程的科学和数学课程通常不会使用专门为这类课程设计的现有辅助技术。大多数计算机科学课程的传统教学方式大量使用视觉图像和抽象概念，视力有障碍的学生和一些学习障碍的学生很难理解这些图像和抽象概念。我们将首先将我们的工具开发重点放在视力残疾的学生身上。然而，该项目的辅助计算机设备也将支持行动不便的学生。该项目还将从侧面支持听力障碍学生和一些学习障碍学生，因为将要开发的活动和工具将提供替代的信息表示法。该项目已经确定了三个主要目标：i.为明尼苏达州东南部地区建立一个高质量、无障碍的计算机科学学位课程，可以作为全国其他计算机科学课程的典范。对这第一个项目来说，高质量是很重要的，所以毫无疑问，该项目的毕业生比其他计算机科学家更不合格，它可以作为该国其他项目的有效典范。二、在明尼苏达州的残疾高中生以及他们的辅导员、教师和家长中培养他们对在大学主修计算机科学的机会的认识。有必要在一开始就积极地招收学生。然而，随着这些学生顺利通过该项目，主修计算机科学将能够被视为未来残疾高中生的现实可能性。三、提高项目中所有学生和教职员工对残疾人在计算方面面临的障碍的认识。随着计算机科学家越来越多地意识到这些障碍，他们将能够更好地设计从一开始就可以访问的未来软件程序。