OEDG Planning Grant: Expanding Geoscience Diversity: Alternative Field Environments for Non-Traditional Students

这个OEDG规划项目正在探索新的战略，通过代理、身临其境的虚拟表示让身体有缺陷的人参与地质野外工作，目的是让更多不同的学生进入地球科学。在最初阶段，俄亥俄超级计算机中心(OSC)和俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)高级计算艺术与设计中心(ACCAD)将为专注于洞穴地质学的试点工作坊设计、开发和展示地球科学内容材料，同时调查由于无法直接接触野外环境而内容知识有限的学生的有效性、感知和转移。该项目汇集了信息技术、地球科学、教育、艺术和设计以及残疾研究等领域的研究人员。在教育资源的开发过程中，行动不便的本科生和研究生都是积极的参与者，以确保他们对这些受众的效用。该项目的其他合作伙伴包括俄亥俄州的STEM能力联盟(OSAA)、俄亥俄州州立大学的残疾服务办公室、莱特州立大学(WSU)、猛犸象洞穴国家公园、国家洞穴和喀斯特研究所以及国家多发性硬化症协会。

This OEDG planning project is exploring new strategies for engaging persons with physical limitations in geologic field work through surrogate, immersive, virtual representations, with the goal of bringing more diverse students into the geosciences. During the initial phase, a partnership between the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) and the Advanced Computing Center for Arts andDesign (ACCAD), at Ohio State University (OSU), will design, develop, and present geoscience content material for a pilot workhop focused on cave geology, while investigating the efficacy, perception and transfer for students with limited content knowledge as a result of their lack of direct access to the field environment. The project brings together researchers in the fields of information technologies, Earth science, education, art and design, and disabilities research. Mobility-impaired undergraduate and graduate students are engaged as active participants during development of the educational resources, to ensure their utility with this audience. Additional partners in the project include Ohio's STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA), the Offices of Disability Services at OSU, Wright State University (WSU), Mammoth Caves National Park, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.