The Associate of Applied Science in Dynamic Reality Technologies Program: Training Technicians to Use Extended Reality to Develop Workforce Training Simulations

动态现实技术应用科学副学士学位课程：培训技术人员使用扩展现实开发劳动力培训模拟

• 批准号: 1800942
• 负责人: Steven Hussey
• 金额: $ 57.88万
• 依托单位: The Coastal Alabama Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1800942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Associate; Applied; Science; Dynamic; Reality

This project addresses a growing need to educate technicians for the emerging field of simulated environments. Advances in dynamic reality tools have enabled simulated environments to become a valuable tool for efficient, cost-effective corporate training across all sectors of industry. These simulated learning environments create learning experiences that are safe for employees and the public, and that offer new ways to engage and educate incumbent employees. The proliferation of simulated learning environments has created a demand for technicians who are trained in using extended reality tools, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, to develop simulations and industry-based learner experiences. This project will address this need by developing and implementing an Associate of Applied Science in Dynamic Reality Technologies program. Industry, faculty, and a U.S.-based international association (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) will collaborate to develop the curriculum. Community college professional development workshops will prepare faculty to teach in the new curriculum. Students in the Dynamic Reality Technologies program will extend their learning and develop workplace experience by participating in industry internships. Results from the project will contribute to the formation of national standards for virtual reality and augmented reality education. This project has the potential to contribute to the development of the future advanced technician workforce, as well as improve industrial training.The aim of this project is to develop an industry-responsive technician education program with an aligned, comprehensive curriculum, prototype training simulations, and industry-based student experiences to support instruction directed by knowledgeable and experienced faculty. The project plans to engage corporate partners in providing input about the curriculum, as well as internship and research experiences for the students. The project will develop, pilot, implement, and evaluate the curriculum, and create an open educational resource system to disseminate curriculum and related resources. A Dynamic Reality Technologies Training Center with virtual-, augmented-, and mixed-reality training capabilities will provide students with additional educational opportunities. Symposia will be organized to promote adoption of the curriculum among community college faculty. The knowledge gained during this collaboration between Coastal Alabama Community College and industry will inform the development of curriculum standards for virtual reality and augmented reality curricula. The technician education program will initially focus on the pulp and paper and the elevator industries, and expand to other industries over the course of the project.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目解决了为新兴的模拟环境领域培训技术人员的日益增长的需求。动态现实工具的进步使模拟环境成为各行业高效、经济实惠的企业培训的宝贵工具。这些模拟的学习环境创造了对员工和公众安全的学习体验，并提供了新的方式来吸引和教育现有员工。模拟学习环境的激增产生了对技术人员的需求，这些技术人员接受过使用虚拟现实、增强现实和混合现实等扩展现实工具的培训，以开发模拟和基于行业的学习体验。这个项目将通过开发和实施动态现实技术中的应用科学助理计划来解决这一需求。产业界、教职员工和总部设在美国的国际协会(制浆造纸工业技术协会)将合作开发该课程。社区大学专业发展研讨会将为教师在新课程中授课做好准备。动态现实技术项目的学生将通过参加行业实习来扩展他们的学习和发展工作经验。该项目的成果将有助于形成虚拟现实和增强现实教育的国家标准。该项目有潜力为未来高级技术人员队伍的发展做出贡献，并改善工业培训。该项目的目标是开发一个与行业响应的技术人员教育计划，具有一致的、全面的课程、原型培训模拟和基于行业的学生经验，以支持由知识丰富和经验丰富的教师指导的教学。该项目计划邀请企业合作伙伴提供有关课程的意见，以及为学生提供实习和研究经验。该项目将开发、试点、实施和评估课程，并创建一个开放的教育资源体系来传播课程和相关资源。一个具有虚拟、增强和混合现实培训能力的动态现实技术培训中心将为学生提供更多的教育机会。将组织研讨会，以促进社区学院教职员工采用该课程。在阿拉巴马海岸社区学院和产业界的合作中获得的知识将为虚拟现实和增强现实课程的课程标准的制定提供信息。技术人员教育计划最初将重点放在纸浆和造纸行业以及电梯行业，并在项目过程中扩展到其他行业。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。