CRCD: Innovative Approaches to Computer-Human Interfaces

[0203333] scarlatos， loricy布鲁克林学院“人机界面的创新方法”该项目涉及两所大学，涉及人机界面（HCI）研究在本科和研究生课程中的转移。PI和co -PI探索HCI的替代方法，包括沉浸式界面、虚拟现实和无处不在的计算，以及语音、手势和眼动追踪等替代输入模式。他们还尝试使用环境中的物体作为输入设备（有形界面），并赋予这些物体关于它们与其他物体（智能物体）的关系的智能。该提案描述了一种通过整合PI和其他研究的课程变化来解决扩大HCI从业者群体需求的方法。该项目涉及为计算机科学和数学/科学教育学生开发一系列课程，教他们如何1)利用新的界面技术，2)在多学科团队中应用这些技能，以及3)在公共环境中评估他们的成果项目。计算机科学和数学/科学教育学生合作开发教育工具，旨在让K-12学生对数学和科学感兴趣。新课程在布鲁克林学院（CUNY）和石溪大学（SUNY）这两所公立大学开设，面向来自郊区和内城的学生和未来/现任教师。此外，PI计划在Stony Brook的卓越学习和教学中心举办两个教师研讨会，并在两个博物馆安装项目：纽约科学馆和Goudreau艺术与科学数学博物馆。这种联合研究课程开发的努力有望产生几个好处。(1)这项工作可能会影响广泛的人群，包括在大学教室、公共博物馆和公立学校中数学和科学领域代表性不足的大量学生；(2)这个多学科项目将促进和支持计算机科学专业学生和数学/科学教育专业学生（通常是实践教师）之间的合作。这些本科生将了解人机界面领域的最新研究进展，以及如何使用这些界面来加强教育，在合作中将这些技术应用于教育应用，并参与评估其在现实环境中的应用的研究。(3)学生项目，安装在卓越的学习和教学中心，纽约科学馆，和古德鲁艺术与科学数学博物馆，将为包括学生和教育工作者在内的更广泛的受众提供学习机会和灵感；(4)在卓越学习与教学中心举行的两个研讨会将有助于进一步在教育工作者群体中传播这个项目的发现；(5)一本新的教科书和在线补充材料将使其他人能够在他们的机构中教授这些课程。利用创新的计算机接口的教育应用程序可能会成为更多教育工作者和学生的工具。

0203333Scarlatos, LoriCUNY Brooklyn College"Innovative Approaches to Computer-Human Interfaces"This project, involving two universities, addresses the transfer of Human Computer Interfaces (HCI) research into undergraduate and graduate curricula. The PI and Co-PIs explore alternative approaches to HCI including immersive interfaces, virtual reality and ubiquitous computing as well as alternative input modes, such as voice, gesture, and eye tracking. They have also experimented with using objects in the environment as input devices (tangible interfaces) and giving those objects intelligence about where they are in relation to others (smart objects). This proposal describes a way to address the need to expand the pool of HCI practitioners through curricular changes integrating the PI's and others' research. This project involves the development of a sequence of courses for both computer science and math/science education students that teach them how to 1) utilize new interface technologies, 2) apply those skills in multidisciplinary teams, and 3) evaluate their resulting projects in public settings. The computer science and math/science education students collaborate to develop educational tools designed to get K-12 students interested in math and science. The new courses are taught at two public universities, Brooklyn College (CUNY) and Stony Brook University (SUNY), where they reach students and future/current teachers from both the suburbs and the inner city. In addition, the PI plan two teacher workshops at Stony Brook's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, and the installation of the projects in two museums: the New York Hall of Science, and the Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science. This combined research curriculum development effort is expected to yield several benefits. (1) The work may impact a broad range of people, including a large number of students in groups that are underrepresented in math and science in college classrooms, public museums, and public schools, (2) This multidisciplinary program will facilitate and support collaboration between computer science students and math/science education students (who are generally practicing teachers). These undergraduate students will learn about state-of-the-art research advances in the area of computer-human interfaces, and how those interfaces can be used to enhance education, apply these technologies to educational applications in a collaborative effort, and participate in research evaluating their applications in real-world settings, (3) Student projects, installed at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the New York Hall of Science, and the Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science, will provide learning opportunities and inspiration to a wider audience including both students and educators, (4) Two workshops, held at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, will help to further disseminate the findings of this project among the community of educators (5) A new textbook, with supplementary materials available online, will enable others to teach these courses at their institutions. Educational applications utilizing innovative computer interfaces may then become the tools of an even greater pool of educators and students.