Experiential 'Accessible Learning Labs' for Promoting Inclusive Software Development

体验式“无障碍学习实验室”促进包容性软件开发

• 批准号: 2336942
• 负责人: Laxima Niure Kandel
• 金额: $ 11.39万
• 依托单位: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-07-01 至 2029-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2336942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experiential; Accessible; Learning; Labs; Promoting

This project aims to serve the national interest by providing easily adoptable experiential foundational computing educational modules, while expanding the body of knowledge regarding experiential computing education. This Engaged Student Learning Level 3 project will collaboratively develop and disseminate hosted labs using the existing Accessible Learning Labs (ALL) platform. The intellectual merit of this project includes building upon the ALL platform and utilizing its experiential learning process that has demonstrated benefits for informing and motivating students regarding foundational computing topics. This work also fills the established void in the body of knowledge regarding the understanding of the proper implementation, application, and benefits of experiential, inclusivity-focused interventions in broad computing education. The broader impacts of the project include: I) the resulting platform and labs will generate knowledge having a far-reaching impact on experiential, inclusivity-focused computing education, II) the lab material developed by this project will educate and motivate tomorrows' developers in the topics centered in inclusively, resulting in the production of software more inclusive of the general population, and III) students will be provided with real-world, distributed software development experience.The proposed work will expand upon previous Accessible Learning Labs (ALL) work in several ways including: I) direct collaboration between seven categorically-distinct institutions (2-year programs, research-focused universities, technical schools, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the National Technical Institue for the Deaf) to ensure their perspectives are present in new labs, II) a significant increase in opportunities for students to interface with differing viewpoints, curricular opportunities, and technical diversity, III) the creation of a collaborative technical and organizational model, including a platform-focused application and a cross-organizational mentorship focus, supporting lab development by external institutions and the open-source community, and IV) expansion of the pedagogical body of knowledge through the investigation of research questions and dissemination of findings. The evaluation of the labs and their interventions will use summative and formative analyses using data collected from participating institutions. The NSF IUSE: EDU Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the 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.

该项目旨在通过提供易于采用的体验式基础计算教育模块来服务国家利益，同时扩展体验式计算教育的知识体系。这个参与式学生学习 3 级项目将使用现有的无障碍学习实验室 (ALL) 平台协作开发和传播托管实验室。该项目的智力价值包括建立在 ALL 平台上并利用其体验式学习过程，该过程已证明对于告知和激励学生有关基础计算主题的好处。这项工作还填补了知识体系中关于理解广泛计算教育中体验式、以包容性为重点的干预措施的正确实施、应用和好处的既定空白。该项目的更广泛影响包括：I) 由此产生的平台和实验室将产生对体验式、以包容性为重点的计算教育产生深远影响的知识，II) 该项目开发的实验室材料将教育和激励未来的开发人员以包容性为中心的主题，从而生产出更具包容性的软件，III) 将为学生提供现实世界的分布式软件开发经验。拟议的工作将扩大 在以前的无障碍学习实验室 (ALL) 的基础上，我们以多种方式开展工作，包括：I) 七个截然不同的机构（两年制项目、研究型大学、技术学校、传统黑人学院和大学、国家聋人技术研究所）之间的直接合作，以确保他们的观点在新实验室中得到体现，II) 显着增加学生与不同观点、课程机会和技术多样性进行交流的机会，III) 创建 协作技术和组织模式，包括以平台为中心的应用程序和跨组织的指导重点，支持外部机构和开源社区的实验室开发，以及 IV) 通过调查研究问题和传播研究结果来扩展教学知识体系。对实验室及其干预措施的评估将使用从参与机构收集的数据进行总结性和形成性分析。 NSF IUSE：EDU 计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生 STEM 教育的有效性。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建、探索和实施。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。