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

这个项目为语言科学家提供了一个为期五周的虚拟研讨会。其目的是训练语言科学家在互联网上以人类为研究对象进行语言研究。主要有两个动机。首先，为应对COVID-19危机，世界各地的实验室已停止收集人体数据。这意味着想法得不到检验，发现得不到创造，学生得不到训练，人类的才能得不到开发。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，并允许研究人员研究在实验室中无法研究的问题。事实上，许多研究人员已经指出，如果更多的研究可以利用基于互联网的数据收集进行，语言科学研究将会取得进展。因此，通过使研究人员能够迅速将研究成果转移到网上，该项目不仅有助于减轻COVID-19危机的成本，而且还将使科学比危机前更加强大和快速发展。研讨会将免费向所有人开放。所有资料将在网上提供给不能参加现场研讨会的个人。在前四周的每一周，将有2到3小时的现场视频演示，包括现场问答（Q& a）环节。每次演示之后，几天后会有一个基于留言板的现场问答。在第五周，将会有一个额外的留言板问答。主题将包括技术技能，例如使用流行的软件平台，以及其他研究实施技能，例如处理道德问题和受试者招募。在设计和使用两个用于在线实验的强大软件包方面经验丰富的团队将为讲习班提供便利。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。

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.