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

该项目支持为期五周的语言科学家虚拟研讨会。目的是训练语言科学家通过互联网与人类进行语言研究。有两个主要动机。首先，为应对COVID-19危机，世界各地的实验室已停止亲自收集人体数据。这意味着思想没有得到检验，发现没有被发现，学生没有得到培训，人类的才能没有得到开发。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，并允许研究人员研究在实验室中无法研究的问题。事实上，许多研究者指出，如果能利用互联网收集更多的数据，语言科学研究将会得到推进。因此，通过使研究人员能够快速将研究转移到网上，该项目不仅有助于减轻COVID-19危机的成本，而且将导致一门比危机前更强大、发展更快的科学。研讨会将免费向所有人开放。所有材料都将在网上提供给无法参加现场研讨会的个人。在前四周的每一周，将有一个2到3小时的现场视频演示，包括一个现场问答（Q A）环节。每个演示文稿将在几天后通过现场留言板进行问答。在第五周，将有一个额外的留言板为基础的问答。主题将包括技术技能，如使用流行的软件平台，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软件包进行在线实验方面经验丰富的团队提供便利。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

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.