EAGER: BP: WeJam: A Feasibility Study of Programmable Instrument Design to Broaden Participation in Computing

塔夫茨大学将探索音频合成工程仪器的可行性，以扩大对计算和工程设计的参与。塔夫茨项目工作人员与伦敦大学金史密斯学院的Rebecca Fiebrink博士合作，将研究如何参与开发和使用可编程乐器构造工具包，用于音频作曲和伴随的教学法，以提高代表性不足的青年女性，非洲裔美国人和拉丁美洲人在计算和物理工程方面的兴趣，参与和学习。该团队将开发和评估物理和虚拟套件，使青少年能够设计和构建自己的物理输入设备，然后编程电子合成器，将这些设备的操作转换为音频作品。WeJam使用基于设计的研究，结合参与式设计和学习科学的方法，研究如何完善这些工具和利用它们的教学活动，以最大限度地提高目标人群的兴趣，享受和学习。

Tufts University will explore the feasibility of engineering instruments for audio composition to broaden participation in computing and engineering design. The Tufts project staff, in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Fiebrink at Goldsmiths College, University of London, will investigate how participation in the development and use of a programmable instrument construction toolkit for audio composition and accompanying pedagogy can increase interest, engagement, and learning by underrepresented youth females, African-Americans, and Latinos in computing and physical engineering. The team will develop and evaluate physical and virtual kits that enable teens to design and build their own physical input devices, then to program electronic synthesizers that translate manipulations of those devices into audio compositions. WeJam uses design-based research, incorporating methods from participatory design and the learning sciences, to investigate how to refine these tools and the pedagogical activities that draw upon them in order to maximize interest, enjoyment, and learning by the target populations.