BPC-DP: Accessible Robotic Programming for Students with Disabilities (ARoPability)

佐治亚理工学院提出了一项名为“残疾学生无障碍机器人编程”（ARoPability）的项目，旨在研究如何使用替代接口模式，让初中和高中残疾学生参与基于机器人的编程活动。ARoPability将利用视障中心、佐治亚州盲人全国联合会、亚特兰大儿童保健中心、WizKidz科学技术中心和佐治亚理工学院的支持。它将(1)创建替代编程工具，并将其用于为有视觉或身体障碍的学生开发可访问的模块；(2)在视障人士中心运行机器人研究所，并与全国盲人联合会一起评估这些模块吸引有视觉障碍的学生的能力；(3)与亚特兰大儿童保健中心合作运行机器人研究所，评估这些模块吸引有身体障碍的学生的能力。(4)提供教师培训包和课堂使用的文档。这项工作将集中在以下问题上：基于机器人的活动的哪些特征需要转变，以吸引有视觉障碍的学生？哪些技术可以为有身体障碍的学生实现基于机器人的编程活动？教育工作者是否已经采用了现有的教学模式来培训这些新的计算机专业人员？有什么方法可以让有视觉或身体障碍的学生更广泛地参与电脑？ARoPability开发的技术将推动最先进的技术，使残疾学生参与计算机活动。

The Georgia Institute of Technology proposes a project - called Accessible Robotic Programming for Students with Disabilities (ARoPability) - to investigate the use of alternative interface modalities in engaging middle and high school students with disabilities in robotics-based programming activities. ARoPability will leverage support from the Center for the Visually Impaired, the National Federation of the Blind of Georgia, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, WizKidz Science and Technology Center, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. It will (1) create alternative programming tools and use them in developing accessible modules for students with visual or physical impairments, (2) run Robotic Institutes at the Center for the Visually Impaired and with the National Federation of the Blind to evaluate the modules' ability to engage students with visual impairments, (3) run Robotic Institutes in conjunction with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to evaluate the modules ability to engage students with physical impairments, and (4) provide teacher training kits and documentation for classroom use. The work will focus on questions such as: What characteristics of robotics-based activities need to be transformed to engage students with visual impairments? What technologies can be adapted to enable achievement of robotics-based programming activities for students with physical impairments? Are there existing teaching modalities already employed by educators that can be used to train these new computing professionals? What methods can be exploited to broaden participation in computing for students with visual or physical impairments? The techniques developed by ARoPability will advance the state-of-the-art in engaging students with disabilities in computing activities.