Collaborative Research: A virtual workshop on conducting language research online: Enhancing the resilience of the language sciences in a time of social distancing

该项目支持为语言科学家举办一个为期五周的虚拟研讨会。其目的是培训语言科学家在互联网上与人类受试者进行语言研究。有两个主要动机。首先，为了应对新冠肺炎危机，世界各地的实验室已经停止了面对面的人体数据收集。这意味着想法没有得到检验，发现没有得到发现，学生没有得到培训，人才没有得到开发。其次，基于互联网的实验为研究提供了许多优势：它们可以更便宜、更快、提供更好的数据，并允许研究人员解决不可能在实验室中研究的问题。事实上，一些研究人员已经指出，如果能够利用基于互联网的数据收集进行更多的研究，语言科学的研究将会得到推进。因此，通过使研究人员能够迅速将研究转移到网上，该项目不仅将有助于减轻新冠肺炎危机的成本，而且将导致一门比危机前更强大、更快发展的科学。研讨会将免费向所有人开放。不能参加现场研讨会的个人可以在线获得所有材料。在前四周的每一周，将有2到3个小时的现场视频演示，包括现场问答(Q&A；A)环节。每一次演示之后，几天后将有一个基于留言板的现场问答。在第五周，将有一个额外的基于留言板的问答。主题将包括技术技能，如使用流行软件平台，以及其他研究实施技能，如处理道德问题和受试者招募。研讨会将由在设计和使用两个强大的在线实验软件包方面经验丰富的团队推动。这一奖项反映了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。

This project supports a five-week long virtual workshop for language scientists. The purpose is to train language scientists to conduct language studies with human subjects over the Internet. There are two primary motivations. First, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, laboratories around the world have ceased in-person human data collection. That means ideas being left untested, discoveries not being made, students not getting trained, and human talent left untapped. Second, Internet-based experiments offer a number of advantages for research: they can be cheaper, faster, provide better data, and allow researchers to work on questions that are impossible to study in the lab. In fact, a number of researchers have pointed out that language science research would be advanced if more studies could be undertaken using Internet-based data collection. Thus, by enabling researchers to rapidly move research online, this project will not only help mitigate the costs of the COVID-19 crisis, but will result in a science that is more robust and faster-moving than before the crisis. The workshop will be free and open to all. All materials will be available online for individuals who could not attend the live workshop. In each of the first four weeks, there will be a 2 to 3 hour live video presentation, including a live question and answer (Q&A) session. Each presentation will be followed several days later by a live, message board-based Q&A. During the fifth week, there will be an additional message board-based Q&A. Topics will include technical skills, such as using popular software platforms, as well as other research implementation skills, such as handling ethics issues and subject recruitment. The workshop will be facilitated by the teams experienced in the design and use of two robust software packages for online experiments.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.