OEDG Planning Grant: Expanding Geoscience Diversity: Alternative Field Environments for Non-Traditional Students

这个OEDG规划项目正在探索新的策略，通过替代、沉浸式、虚拟的表现方式，让身体有限制的人参与地质实地工作，目标是让更多不同的学生进入地球科学领域。在初始阶段，俄亥俄超级计算机中心（OSC）和俄亥俄州立大学（OSU）的高级艺术与设计计算中心（ACCAD）将合作设计、开发和呈现一个以洞穴地质学为重点的试点工作室的地球科学内容材料，同时调查由于缺乏直接接触现场环境而导致内容知识有限的学生的有效性、感知和转移。该项目汇集了信息技术、地球科学、教育、艺术和设计以及残疾研究领域的研究人员。行动不便的本科生和研究生作为积极的参与者参与到教育资源的开发中，以确保他们与这些受众的效用。该项目的其他合作伙伴包括俄亥俄州的STEM能力联盟（OSAA）、俄勒冈州立大学残疾服务办公室、赖特州立大学（WSU）、猛犸洞穴国家公园、国家洞穴和喀斯特研究所以及国家多发性硬化症协会。

This OEDG planning project is exploring new strategies for engaging persons with physical limitations in geologic field work through surrogate, immersive, virtual representations, with the goal of bringing more diverse students into the geosciences. During the initial phase, a partnership between the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) and the Advanced Computing Center for Arts andDesign (ACCAD), at Ohio State University (OSU), will design, develop, and present geoscience content material for a pilot workhop focused on cave geology, while investigating the efficacy, perception and transfer for students with limited content knowledge as a result of their lack of direct access to the field environment. The project brings together researchers in the fields of information technologies, Earth science, education, art and design, and disabilities research. Mobility-impaired undergraduate and graduate students are engaged as active participants during development of the educational resources, to ensure their utility with this audience. Additional partners in the project include Ohio's STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA), the Offices of Disability Services at OSU, Wright State University (WSU), Mammoth Caves National Park, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.