Collaborative Research: RETTL: Story Studio: Coaching Data Storytelling at Scale

协作研究：RETTL：故事工作室：指导大规模数据讲故事

• 批准号: 2302794
• 负责人: Jiaqi Gong
• 金额: $ 48万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 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: 2023-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2302794&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; RETTL; Story; Studio

Professionals in data science and analytics excel in data storytelling, a complex skill of communicating stories using data. If done well, data storytelling can enhance public understanding, decision-making, and action. However, postsecondary educators in data science have not been able to train data storytellers effectively at a large scale. To address this issue, researchers from the University of Alabama and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and learning scientists from SRI Education are working together on this project to create, develop, and test Story Studio. This platform aims to augment data science educators’ capacity to teach their students the skill of data storytelling.This project features four phases: 1) Extracting knowledge from data science professionals through structured interview methods grounded in Evidence-Centered Design and Cognitive Task Analysis, developing design patterns of key data storytelling steps and competencies, and engaging postsecondary educators and students in vetting the concept and design of Story Studio. 2) Iterative development and small-scale beta testing of Story Studio’s basic architecture for coaching elementary aspects of data storytelling. 3) Expanding beta testing to comprise more advanced Story Studio functionalities, namely, intelligent recommendations and assessments to support students in the story construction process. 4) Conducting classroom pilot studies of Story Studio in data science/analytics courses at two campuses and evaluating the new tool’s effectiveness in improving students’ data storytelling competencies. Research products about Story Studio will be disseminated through education and outreach activities such as storytelling workshops on the researchers’ university campuses, community college partnerships, and teacher training workshops. Finally, the software, algorithms, and de-identified log data will be shared through an open-source database, contributing to learning science and analytics research in data storytelling.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.

数据科学和分析领域的专业人士擅长用数据讲故事，这是一种使用数据传达故事的复杂技能。如果做得好，用数据讲故事可以增强公众的理解、决策和行动。然而，数据科学领域的高等教育工作者未能大规模有效地培训数据讲故事的人。为了解决这个问题，来自阿拉巴马大学和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县的研究人员以及 SRI Education 的学习科学家正在共同致力于这个项目，以创建、开发和测试 Story Studio。该平台旨在增强数据科学教育工作者教授学生数据讲故事技能的能力。该项目分为四个阶段：1）通过以证据为中心的设计和认知任务分析为基础的结构化访谈方法从数据科学专业人员中提取知识，开发关键数据讲故事步骤和能力的设计模式，并让高等教育工作者和学生参与审查Story Studio的概念和设计。 2) Story Studio 基本架构的迭代开发和小规模 beta 测试，用于指导数据讲故事的基本方面。 3) 扩展 Beta 测试，以包含更高级的 Story Studio 功能，即智能建议和评估，以支持学生的故事构建过程。 4) 在两个校区的数据科学/分析课程中进行 Story Studio 的课堂试点研究，并评估新工具在提高学生数据讲故事能力方面的有效性。有关故事工作室的研究产品将通过教育和外展活动传播，例如在研究人员大学校园举办的讲故事研讨会、社区大学合作伙伴关系和教师培训研讨会。最后，软件、算法和去识别化的日志数据将通过开源数据库共享，有助于学习科学和数据故事分析研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。