DCL: NSF INCLUDES EAGER: A Study of Online Scientific and Scholarly Communities for Broadening Participation in STEM

DCL：NSF 包括 EAGER：一项针对扩大 STEM 参与的在线科学和学术社区的研究

• 批准号: 1834978
• 负责人: Lisa Elliot
• 金额: $ 29.93万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 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 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834978&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DCL; NSF; INCLUDES; EAGER; Study

This project is conducting exploratory research about two currently existing online scientific and scholarly communities (OSSCs), each of which was established to broaden participation in STEM in identified target communities: (a) the NSF INCLUDES Open Forum (NSF-1748345); and (b) the Deaf STEM Community Alliance's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Virtual Academic Community (NSF-1127955). The goals of the proposed study are: 1) to apply the information systems theory of the life cycle of online communities and the theory of social capital to understand the dynamics of two NSF-sponsored OSSCs that are focused on broadening participation in STEM; and 2) to strengthen NSF INCLUDES Network activities with best practices and lessons learned from the project. The project is conducting comparative analyses of the OSSCs: 1) to determine life-cycle stages of the OSSCs; 2) to examine leadership and engagement activities of community engagement managers in each community and how they evolve over time; and 3) to explore the perceptions of community members. This exploratory research project was proposed in response to the NSF INCLUDES Dear Colleague Letter: Announcement of an Effort to Expand the NSF INCLUDES National Network (NSF 17-111). The DCL states that Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals should produce findings and results that will generate new insights for the NSF INCLUDES National Network, suggest potential strategies for engaging NSF's existing broadening participation activities in the Network, and/or highlight lessons learned that could inform the NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilots and Alliances as they develop. The NSF INCLUDES program focuses on catalyzing the STEM enterprise to collaboratively work for inclusive change.It is anticipated that the research findings from this project will inform collaborative broadening participation efforts of online STEM communities to advance inclusive STEM education, research and workforce development. Together with other NSF INCLUDES Network activities, this research is contributing to positive, transformative change within the U.S. STEM workforce and research community.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.

该项目正在对目前存在的两个在线科学和学术社区进行探索性研究，每个社区的建立都是为了扩大已确定的目标社区对科学、技术和经济研究的参与：(A)国家科学和学术社区包括开放论坛(国家科学基金-1748345)；和(B)聋人科学和学术社区联盟的聋人和重听人士虚拟学术社区(国家科学基金-1127955)。拟议研究的目标是：1)应用关于在线社区生命周期的信息系统理论和社会资本理论，了解两个由国家科学基金会赞助的、侧重于扩大对科学、技术和经济研究的参与的开放源码软件的动态；以及2)加强国家科学基金，包括具有最佳做法和从该项目中吸取的经验教训的网络活动。该项目正在对OSSCS进行比较分析：1)确定OSSCS的生命周期阶段；2)审查每个社区社区参与经理的领导和参与活动，以及它们如何随着时间的推移而演变；3)探索社区成员的看法。这一探索性研究项目是为了响应NSF包括亲爱的同事的信：宣布努力扩大NSF包括国家网络(NSF 17-111)而提出的。DCL指出，探索性研究早期概念补助金(AGERGE)建议应产生的结果和结果将为NSF包括国家网络在内的国家科学基金产生新的见解，为参与NSF现有的广泛参与网络的活动提出潜在的战略建议，和/或突出可能为NSF提供信息的经验教训，这些经验教训可能会使NSF在发展过程中包括发射飞行员和联盟。NSF包括专注于催化STEM企业合作推动包容性变革的计划。预计该项目的研究成果将为在线STEM社区扩大参与努力提供信息，以促进包容性STEM教育、研究和劳动力发展。与NSF的其他网络活动一起，这项研究正在为美国STEM员工队伍和研究社区内的积极、变革性变化做出贡献。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。