Interactive Virtual Haptics-Augmented Statics and Dynamics Activities

该项目的目标，建立在以前的NSF支持，是开发触觉增强的软件活动和基于互联网的教程，并将这些工具整合到本科静力学和动力学工程课程。 具体来说，研究人员（1）开发一套完整的触觉增强静力学和动力学活动，以补充标准教科书;（2）在两个大型工程学校评估这些产品;（3）开发课程，将这些产品整合到静力学和动力学课程;（4）运用教育教学学研究，以体验式探究学习为基础，实施学习者-基于假设的生成和测试程序，以鼓励学习者将触觉反应转化为他们的真实的世界原因;（5）在评估过程中使用设计研究方法，使其成为发展过程的一个组成部分。 他们正在努力将一套独特的基于CD的软件活动和教程商业化，使学生能够改变参数，预测答案，与动画交互，并通过触觉设备感受结果。 在一位经验丰富的独立评估员的指导下，评估工作正在审查沿着拍摄的学生作业，以及学生调查和焦点小组，以监测学生的学习情况。更广泛的影响将包括传播其产品和成果，特别是通过商业化和将材料与成功的教科书联系起来。

The goal of the project, which builds on prior NSF support, is to develop haptics-augmented software activities and Internet-based tutorials and to integrat these tools into undergraduate statics and dynamics engineering courses. Specifically the investigators are (1) developing a full suite of haptics-augmented statics and dynamics activities to complement standard textbooks; (2) evaluating these products in two large engineering schools; (3) developing curricula that integrates these products into statics and dynamics courses; (4) applying educational pedagogy research for experiential inquiry-based learning and implementing a learner-based hypothesis generation and testing procedure to encourage learners to translate tactile responses to their real world causes; and (5) using a design research approach in the evaluation process to make it an integral part of the development process. They are working to commercialize a unique CD-based set of software activities and tutorials that will enable students to change parameters, predict answers, interact with animations, and feel the results through the haptic device. The evaluation effort, under the direction of an experienced, independent evaluator, is examining student work captured on video along with student surveys and focus groups to monitor student learning. The broader impacts will include the dissemination of their products and results, particularly through commercialization and linking the material to successful textbooks.