Impactathons: Student-Led Peer-to-Peer Learning in Community Social-Change Technology Projects

影响力马拉松：社区社会变革技术项目中学生主导的同伴学习

• 批准号: 1811663
• 负责人: Chris Benner
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 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: 2018-09-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1811663&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Impactathons; Student; Led; Peer; Learning

This pilot study will examine the effectiveness of an innovative applied social change, community and technology based program on marginalized youths' access, interest, efficacy and motivation to learn and engage in digital technology applications. Using stratified near-peer and peer-to-peer mentoring approaches, the pilot builds on extant literature that indicates that peer-supported hands-on mentoring and experiences can alleviate some barriers to youth engagement in digital technologies, particularly among underrepresented groups. In this project, undergraduate students will mentor and work collaboratively with high school youth primarily of Hispanic descent and community-based organizations to develop creative technology-based solutions to address social issues and challenges within their local communities, culminating in events called Impactathons. These community-hosted local and state-wide events set this pilot project apart from similar work in the field. The Impactathons not only provide a space for intellectual discourse and problem-solving among the undergraduate-youth-community partners but the Impactathons will also codify expertise from scientists, social scientists, technologists, community leaders, and other stakeholders to develop technology-based solutions with real world application. If successful, a distal outcome will be increased youth interest in digital technologies and related fields. In the short term, favorable findings will provide preliminary evidence of success and lay the foundation for a more extensive study in the future.This pilot project is a collaboration between the Everett Program, a student-led program for Technology and Social Change at the University of California Santa Cruz - a Hispanic Serving Institution - and the Digital NEST, a non-profit, high-tech youth career development and collaboration space for young people ages 14-24. Through this partnership and other recruitment efforts, an estimated 70-90 individuals will participate in the Impactathon pilot program over two years. Nearly two-thirds of the participants are expected to be undergraduate students. They will receive extensive training in near-peer and peer-to-peer mentoring and serve as mentors for and co-innovation developers with the high school youth participants. The undergraduates and youth will partner with local community organizations to identify a local social challenge that can be addressed through a technology-based solution. The emergent challenges will vary and could span the spectrum of STEM and applied social science topics of interest. Working in informal contexts (i.e., afterschool. weekend), the undergraduate-youth-community partner teams will work collaboratively to develop practical technology-based solutions to real world challenges. The teams will convene three times per year, locally and statewide, at student and community led Impactathons to share their work and glean insights from other teams to refine their innovations. In parallel, the research team will examine the effectiveness of the Impactathon model in increasing the undergraduate and youths' interest, motivation, excitement, engagement and learning of digital technologies. In addition to the research, the formative and summative evaluations should provide valuable insights on the effectiveness of the model and its potential for expansion and replication.The project is co-funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program and STEM +C. The AISL program seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. STEM + C focuses on research and development of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to the integration of computing within STEM teaching and learning for preK-12 students in both formal and informal settings.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.

这项试点研究将考察一项基于社会变革、社区和技术的创新应用项目对边缘化青年学习和参与数字技术应用的机会、兴趣、效力和动机的有效性。该试点采用分层的近同伴和同伴对同伴指导方法，以现有文献为基础，表明同伴支持的实践指导和经验可以减轻青年参与数字技术的一些障碍，特别是在代表性不足的群体中。在这个项目中，本科生将指导并与主要是西班牙裔和社区组织的高中青年合作，开发创造性的基于技术的解决方案，以解决当地社区内的社会问题和挑战，并在称为影响马拉松的活动中达到高潮。这些由社区主办的地方和全州范围的活动使这个试点项目有别于实地的类似工作。影响马拉松不仅为大学生-青年-社区合作伙伴之间的知识对话和解决问题提供了空间，而且影响马拉松还将汇集科学家、社会科学家、技术专家、社区领袖和其他利益相关者的专业知识，以开发具有实际应用价值的基于技术的解决方案。如果成功，远端结果将提高青年对数字技术和相关领域的兴趣。在短期内，有利的发现将为成功提供初步证据，并为将来更广泛的研究奠定基础。该试点项目是加州大学圣克鲁斯分校（University of California Santa Cruz）以学生为主导的技术与社会变革项目Everett Program（西班牙裔服务机构）与Digital NEST（面向14-24岁年轻人的非盈利高科技青年职业发展和协作空间）之间的合作。通过这种伙伴关系和其他招聘工作，预计将有70-90人在两年内参加影响马拉松试点项目。预计近三分之二的参与者是本科生。他们将接受广泛的近对等和对等指导培训，并担任高中青年参与者的导师和共同创新开发人员。大学生和青年将与当地社区组织合作，确定可以通过基于技术的解决方案来解决的当地社会挑战。新出现的挑战将各不相同，并且可能跨越STEM和应用社会科学主题的兴趣范围。在非正式场合工作（如放学后）。周末)，大学生-青年-社区合作伙伴团队将共同努力，开发基于技术的实用解决方案，以应对现实世界的挑战。这些团队每年将在当地和全州召开三次会议，在学生和社区主导的影响马拉松上分享他们的工作，并从其他团队那里收集见解，以完善他们的创新。与此同时，研究小组亦会研究“影响马拉松”模式在提高大学生和青少年对数码科技的兴趣、动力、兴奋、参与和学习方面的成效。除了研究之外，形成性评价和总结性评价应该对模式的有效性及其扩展和复制的潜力提供有价值的见解。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划和STEM +C共同资助。AISL计划旨在推进非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。STEM + C专注于研究和开发跨学科和跨学科的方法，将计算机整合到正式和非正式环境中pre -12学生的STEM教学和学习中。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。