Integrating an Artificial Intelligence-Driven, Culturally Responsible Digital Graphic Novel Curriculum into STEM Introductory Biology Courses

将人工智能驱动、对文化负责的数字图画小说课程融入 STEM 生物学入门课程

• 批准号: 2234281
• 负责人: Shayla Williams
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Albany State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Artificial; Intelligence; Driven; Culturally

This project aims to serve the national interest by implementing a novel approach to engage and retain students in STEM. Traditional classroom-focused programs often fail to adequately stimulate interest in STEM and STEM-based research, especially for minority groups underrepresented in their pursuit of STEM fields of study. However, hands-on focused classrooms have been shown to increase minority and female participation in STEM. The use of graphic novels is another hands-on, practical proven technique, as such artifacts are a learning medium that combines both text and visuals to improve student performance. However, the creation of a custom graphic novel can be time-consuming. Thus, this project will focus on using an artificial intelligence/natural language processing (AI/NLP) approach to develop a digital graphic novel curriculum that is personalized to the cultural background and challenge level of the user. The target group of students comprises freshman and sophomores taking a Principles of Biology course because the first two years of college are considered potential “leaks” in the STEM pipeline. The proposed research will develop a prototype of the front-end student experience and workflows for digital interaction with a graphic novel curriculum through an intuitive, web-based interface design. An educational curriculum, content, and engaging humor will be integrated with navigation tools to enable transitions into, within, and between different graphical-comedic lessons. The envisioned web app will be developed, tested, and produced on Amazon Web Services. Platform architecture will be composed of three components: electronic data sourcing, student web interface, and a back-end AI engine. This approach will address a paucity of data on the impact of using an effective learning modality such as graphic novels with a predominately historically disadvantaged population in the STEM fields. The success of this project will create a reproducible method for effectively designing, producing, and integrating a customized, culturally responsive graphic novel using an AI/NLP-driven platform into inquiry-based STEM classes, as well as determining its efficacy and impact on student learning gains and STEM course retention. Project findings may have additional implications for increasing minority STEM participation in upper class biology courses and for disciplines outside of biology. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through its Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过实施一种新颖的方法来吸引和保留学生的STEM。以教室为中心的传统课程通常无法充分刺激对基于STEM和STEM的研究的兴趣，尤其是对于在追求STEM研究领域的人数不足的少数群体中。但是，已经证明以动手为中心的教室可以增加少数群体和女性参与STEM。图形小说的使用是另一种动手实践的技术，因为这种文物是一种学习媒介，可以结合文本和视觉效果以提高学生的表现。但是，定制图形小说的创作可能很耗时。这是该项目将重点介绍使用人工智能/自然语言处理（AI/NLP）方法来开发数字图形小说课程，该课程个性化，该课程是个性化的用户文化背景和挑战水平。目标学生组成的新生和大二学生都参加了生物学课程，因为大学的前两年被认为是STEM管道中的潜在“泄漏”。拟议的研究将通过直观的，基于网络的界面设计来开发前端学生体验和工作流程的数字互动工作流程的原型。教育课程，内容和引人入胜的幽默将与导航工具集成在一起，以使过渡到内部，内部以及不同的图形漫画课之间。设想的Web应用程序将在Amazon Web服务上开发，测试和生产。平台体系结构将由三个组件组成：电子数据采购，学生网络界面和后端AI引擎。这种方法将解决有关使用有效学习模式的影响，例如在STEM领域中以历史悠久的人群为主的图形小说的影响。该项目的成功将创建一种可重现的方法，用于有效地设计，生产和整合使用AI/NLP驱动的平台定制的自定义的，具有文化响应的图形小说，用于基于查询的STEM类中，并确定其有效性和对学生学习的影响和对学生学习的影响和STEM课程保留。项目发现可能会对增加少数族裔STEM参与上层阶级生物学课程和生物学以外的学科有其他影响。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过其参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持了承诺实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。