BPC-DP-Project ENABLE: Enabling Individuals with Disabilities Greater Participation in Computing Through Knowledge, Technology, and Mentoring

BPC-DP-Project ENABLE：通过知识、技术和指导让残疾人更多地参与计算

• 批准号: 1042507
• 负责人: Jeanine Cook
• 金额: $ 44.24万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-15 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1042507&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; DP; Project; ENABLE; Enabling

New Mexico State University, in collaboration with East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, proposes a three-year program to increase the participation of individuals with mobility disabilities in computing. Persons with mobility disabilities are one of the largest groups of individuals with disabilities; however, they are not often targeted by educational programs because of the difficulty of accessing their community and the lack of academic role models to serve as advocates for them. The proposed project, ENABLE, is a comprehensive program that targets individuals with mobility disabilities who are in high school, post-high school, or early college years and have not yet chosen a career path. It will provide them with the knowledge, technology, and support they need to address the barriers to full participation in computing. ENABLE will run short workshops to expose participants to computing as an educational and career path, in order to demonstrate its feasibility and to motivate and excite the students. It will also provide appropriate assistive technology to its participants, and it will support their success through mentoring and interaction with role models. In addition, the project will investigate various interactive video conferencing strategies for delivering its programs; this could lead to a model for institutions of higher education to use in more effectively serving this population. Partnerships with existing programs such as Reaching the Pinnacle and AccessComputing will serve to strengthen the quality of the ENABLE programs.

新墨西哥州立大学与宾夕法尼亚州东斯特劳兹堡大学合作，提出了一项为期三年的计划，以增加行动不便的个人对计算的参与。行动障碍者是最大的残疾人群体之一；然而，由于难以进入社区且缺乏学术榜样来作为他们的倡导者，他们通常不会成为教育计划的目标。拟议的项目 ENABLE 是一项综合计划，针对高中、高中后或大学早期且尚未选择职业道路的行动障碍人士。它将为他们提供所需的知识、技术和支持，以解决全面参与计算的障碍。 ENABLE 将举办短期研讨会，让参与者了解计算机作为一种教育和职业道路，以展示其可行性并激励和激发学生的兴趣。它还将为参与者提供适当的辅助技术，并通过指导和与榜样的互动来支持他们的成功。此外，该项目还将研究各种交互式视频会议策略来交付其项目；这可能会为高等教育机构提供一种模型，以便更有效地为这一群体提供服务。与 Reaching the Pinnacle 和 AccessComputing 等现有计划的合作将有助于提高 ENABLE 计划的质量。