Summit to Create a Cyber-Community to Advance Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals in STEM (DHH Cyber-Community)

OCI 0749253爱德华·克莱默·罗切斯特理工学院的目标是举办为期三天的50位领导人峰会，为中学后聋哑学生提供科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）项目的支持服务。其中15名专家将来自罗切斯特理工学院和大罗切斯特都市区。主要成果将是一份关于在线远程口译和字幕技术现状的报告。此外，还将编写一份建议报告，详细说明多媒体网络基础设施的特点，为STEM主流化教室中的聋人和听力障碍学生提供远程通信支持。从以下各群体中确定主要参与者，并由一人担任每个群体的协调人。此外，将为每个小组指派一名受过举办焦点小组培训的专业人员，担任共同主持人。每一选区组别选出的候选人不超过8人o正在本科和研究生阶段学习主流STEM课程的学生o将利用新的在线远程翻译和字幕系统教授聋人和重听学生的STEM教师代表o支持服务协调员，代表本科生和研究生STEM大学的需求，并从持续提供有效和高效服务的挑战的角度出发。有足够的经验来代表服务质量问题和远程提供服务的技术挑战。语言和手语研究人员/开发人员，在聋人中学后教育方面有足够的经验，并在课堂交流和教学领域进行有意义的研究和评估工作的历史得到证明，以计算机网络专家，包括网络基础设施、网络、用户界面和视频专家。这些人将提供有关网络基础设施的最新发展的观点，这些基础设施适用于在中学后环境中提供远程口译和字幕系统。o包括NSF在内的资金来源的代表观察峰会，并提供有关潜在工作产品的观点

OCI 0749253Edward ClymerRochester Institute of TechnologyThe goalis to conduct a three day summit conference of 50 leaders in the field of support service provision for postsecondary deaf students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Fifteen of these experts will be drawn from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Greater Rochester Metropolitan Area. The primary outcome will be a report on the current state of the art of on-line remote interpreting and captioning. Additionally, a recommendation report will be prepared that will specify the characteristics of a multimedia cyberinfrastructure that provides remote communication support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM mainstreamed classrooms.Objectives.? Identify key participants from the following constituency groups, with one person to serve as facilitator of each group. In addition, each group will be assigned a professional trained in conducting focus groups to serve as a co-facilitator. No more than 8 persons will be selected for each constituency group (representing various ethnic, racial and gender groups).o Students who are studying in mainstreamed STEM programs at the undergraduate and graduate levelso Representatives of STEM faculty who will teach deaf and hard of hearing students utilizing the new on-line remote interpreting and captioning systemso Coordinators of support services, to represent the needs of undergraduate and graduate STEM universities with the perspective of the challenges of providing effective and efficient delivery of services on a continuing basiso Educational captioners and interpreters, with sufficient experience to represent issues of quality of service and technical challenges of offering their services remotelyo Educational, linguistic and sign language researchers/developers, with sufficient experience in deaf postsecondary education, and with proven history of conducting meaningful research and evaluation efforts in the field of classroom communication and supporto Computer network specialists, including cyberinfrastructure, networking, user interface and video experts. These individuals will offer a perspective on the state of the art regarding the cyberinfrastructure as applied to the delivery of remote interpreting and captioning system within a postsecondary environment.o Representatives of funding sources, including NSF, to observe the Summit and offer a perspective regarding potential work products