Advancing Content Through Interactive Virtual Environments (ACTIVE)

该提案打算开发一种软件，当与Omni设备相结合时，产生一种虚拟的触觉，允许盲人“触摸”火星、地球的月球等表面。这种体验是多媒体的，因为用户可以同时获得视觉、声音和触觉。该提案在描述一个构造良好、设计良好的计划方面做得很扎实。合作小组致力于将强大的STEM材料、高技能的项目团队和不同的受众聚集在一起，对材料进行评估。为实施这项提议而组建的团队是一个很好的团队，其中包括科学研究院、NASA IV和V独立验证和验证、便利教育人员资源中心、奥尔德森·布罗德斯学院、戴维斯和埃尔金斯学院，以及西弗吉尼亚聋人和盲人学校。虽然NASA是一个项目合作伙伴，但审查者鼓励项目提出者继续建立NASA的直接资金。例如，NASA的空间赠款在未来可能是一个很好的传播工具。审查者对项目的各种要素印象深刻：流动单位、基于标准前和标准后的课程、具有即时反馈的假设检验。评价和传播计划在全亚洲和国家一级提供了有效和直接的影响。该项目将产生更广泛的影响，因为多媒体中心也将帮助其他残疾学生群体。

The proposal intends to develop software that, when combined with the OMNI device,produces a virtual touch sensation that allows the blind to "touch" surfaces such asMars, Earth's Moon, etc. The experience is multimedia as users can get sight, sound,and touch at the same time.The proposal does a solid job of describing a well-constructed and well-designed plan.The collaborative group works to bring together a strong body of STEM material, ahighly skilled project team, and a diverse audience to assess the material. The teambrought together to implement the proposal is a good one and includes the Institute forScientific Research, NASA IV and V Independent Verification and Validation, FacilityEducator Resource Center, Alderson Broadus College, Davis & Elkins College, and theWest Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Although NASA is a project partner, thereviewers encourage the project proposer to continue building direct NASA funding. Forexample, a NASA space grant may be a good dissemination vehicle in the future.Reviewers were impressed with the various project elements: the mobile unit, pre- andpost- standards based lessons, hypothesis testing with immediate feedback. Theevaluation and dissemination plans provide for effective and immediate impact on astatewide and national level. The project provides for broader impact as the multi-mediatools will be of assistance to other groups of students with disabilities as well.