I-Corps: Scaffolding the acquisition and development of computational algorithmic thinking capabilities in formal and informal learning environments

I-Corps：在正式和非正式学习环境中构建计算算法思维能力的获取和发展

• 批准号: 1832334
• 负责人: Jakita Thomas
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 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: 2018-04-01 至 2019-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832334&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Scaffolding; acquisition; development; computational

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project are two-fold. First, by combining virtual assistants as facilitators, an integrated system of scaffolds through the Design Notebook, and support for collaborative interactions both within a learning environment as well as virtually, the platform has the potential to provide a self-contained, self-paced, stand-alone online platform focused on culturally- and socially-relevant game design that has the potential to expose and support hundreds of thousands of learners who do not currently have access to these types of opportunities, programs, or platforms within their communities in the United States. Second, the platform has the potential to support global collaborations between groups of learners through its ability to showcase work and its virtual play-testing capabilities that will allow users to give and receive substantive feedback about the design of a game, and thus inform its iterative design, from anywhere.This I-Corps project proposes a unique online platform with supporting scaffolds, that supports learners through game design for social change virtually in similar ways as the SCAT (Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking) project supported African-American middle-school girls face-to-face (DRK-12 #1150098). SCAT and its scaffolds have been shown to be effective not only at helping African-American middle-school girls engage in Computing by designing games for social change, but also in improving their perceptions of themselves as critical thinkers and game designers with an intent to pursue game design or some STEM-related field as a result. As such, the core technology of the platform is a stand-alone online platform that scaffolds learners through designing and implementing games (video or mobile) for social change as well as develops their computational algorithmic thinking capabilities. It will be designed to leverage the affordances of the scaffolding in the SCAT Learning Environment including the facilitator, Design Notebook, and other Scholars. The platform will contain several key integrated sub-tools that model and coach learners as they think through their designs, make connections, make design decisions, collect feedback to inform the iterative design of their games, ask questions of themselves and their peers, reflect on their experiences, and showcase what they have created.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.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是双重的。 首先，通过结合虚拟助理作为促进者，通过设计笔记本的脚手架集成系统，以及在学习环境中以及虚拟地支持协作交互，该平台有可能提供一个独立的，自定进度的，一个独立的在线平台，专注于文化和社会方面，相关的游戏设计，有可能暴露和支持成千上万的学习者谁目前没有访问这些类型的机会，程序，或平台在他们的社区在美国。 第二，该平台有潜力支持学习者群体之间的全球合作，通过其展示工作的能力和虚拟游戏测试功能，允许用户提供和接收关于游戏设计的实质性反馈，从而为游戏的迭代设计提供信息，从任何地方。这个I-Corps项目提出了一个独特的在线平台，通过游戏设计支持学习者进行社会变革，其方式与SCAT（支持计算数学思维）项目支持非裔美国中学女生面对面（DRK-12 #1150098）的方式类似。 SCAT及其支架已被证明不仅可以有效地帮助非洲裔美国中学生通过设计游戏来参与计算，而且可以提高他们对自己作为批判性思想家和游戏设计师的看法，从而追求游戏设计或一些STEM相关领域。 因此，该平台的核心技术是一个独立的在线平台，通过设计和实施游戏（视频或移动的）来支持学习者进行社会变革，并开发他们的计算算法思维能力。 它将被设计为利用SCAT学习环境中脚手架的启示，包括主持人，设计笔记本和其他学者。 该平台将包含几个关键的集成子工具，这些工具可以模拟和指导学习者思考他们的设计，建立联系，做出设计决策，收集反馈以告知他们游戏的迭代设计，向他们自己和他们的同伴提问，反思他们的经验，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。