Collaborative Research: WAVES - A STEM-Powered Youth News Network for the Nation

合作研究：WAVES - 一个以 STEM 为动力的国家青年新闻网络

• 批准号: 1614548
• 负责人: Harold Abelson
• 金额: $ 111.5万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1614548&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; WAVES; STEM; Powered

As a part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds research and innovative resources for use in a variety of settings. This media and technology project will scale up Youth Radio's proven model of STEM education through youth-driven multimedia journalism and related app development using the MIT App Inventor. A new Youth News Network (YNN) will implement a nationwide feeder system of youth reporters and educators using the previously developed and proven STEM curriculum. Previous research and evaluation has demonstrated that this model can engage underserved youth and put them in leadership positions in technological innovation. Key deliverables include the YNN STEM Desk that will produce 15-20 STEM-related stories each year; bootcamps (1-3 day workshops) training youth around the country focusing on app development and media links; and new toolkits providing resources to help with app development, data analysis and other STEM-specific skills. Project partners include MIT Media Lab, National Public Radio, Best Buy's Teen Tech Centers, National Writing Project, Computer Clubhouses, and PBS Learning Media among others.Over the previous eight years, research and evaluation findings had been used to refine the project. These data served as the foundation for this scale-up project. The research conducted by the investigator and the Scholar-in-Residence in this scale-up uses an embedded ethnographic approach that combines field notes, recorded meetings and discussions, media artifacts, etc.--data that is transcribed and coded for indicators of STEM learning and critical computational literacy. The external summative evaluation will build on prior evidence regarding how this unique model engages youth and impacts their skills in STEM related media and technology.

作为加强非正式环境中学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）项目资助了用于各种环境的研究和创新资源。这个媒体和技术项目将通过青年驱动的多媒体新闻和使用麻省理工学院应用程序发明人开发相关应用程序，扩大青年电台行之有效的STEM教育模式。一个新的青年新闻网络（YNN）将使用以前开发和经过验证的STEM课程，在全国范围内实施青年记者和教育工作者的馈线系统。先前的研究和评估表明，这种模式可以吸引服务不足的青年，并将他们置于技术创新的领导地位。主要交付成果包括：YNN STEM Desk，每年将制作15-20个与STEM相关的故事；训练营（1-3天的讲习班）在全国范围内培训青少年，重点是应用程序开发和媒体链接；以及提供资源的新工具包，以帮助开发应用程序、数据分析和其他stem特定技能。项目合作伙伴包括麻省理工学院媒体实验室、国家公共广播电台、百思买青少年技术中心、国家写作项目、计算机俱乐部和PBS学习媒体等。在过去的八年里，研究和评价结果被用来完善该项目。这些数据是这个扩大规模项目的基础。研究者和驻场学者在这项扩大规模的研究中使用了一种嵌入式人种学方法，该方法结合了现场笔记、记录的会议和讨论、媒体文物等——这些数据被转录和编码为STEM学习和关键计算素养的指标。外部总结性评估将建立在关于这种独特模式如何吸引年轻人并影响他们在STEM相关媒体和技术方面的技能的先前证据的基础上。