Targeted Infusion Project: Increasing Expertise of Minority Students by Development of a Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory for Research and Education at Bowie State Univ.

鲍伊州立大学（BSU）的目标灌输项目名为“通过在鲍伊州立大学开发一个用于研究和教育的虚拟和增强现实实验室来提高少数民族学生的专业知识”，该项目将通过部署虚拟和增强现实（VAR）作为研究和教育工具，使学生沉浸在研究和批判性思维中，从而增强计算机科学和数学课程，增加本科生的研究机会挑战。计算机科学系招收了大约250个本科专业，其中大多数是非裔美国人。本提案的目标是：1)增强虚拟现实课程的课程设置，提供更多基于探究的问题解决活动和基于虚拟现实和增强现实教育模块的实践体验；2)建立计算机系的虚拟与增强现实实验室，为本科生提供逼真的沉浸式学习环境；3)购置仪器，进一步发展VAR实验室的教学和研究基础设施。该项目旨在使BSU的计算机科学专业学生在进入研究生课程和劳动力市场时具有竞争力。

Bowie State University's (BSU) Targeted Infusion Project entitled - Increasing Expertise of Minority Students by Development of a Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory for Research and Education at Bowie State University - will enhance the computer science and mathematics curriculum and increase research opportunities for undergraduate students by deploying Virtual and Augmented Reality (VAR) as a research and educational vehicle to immerse students in research and critical thinking challenges. The Department of Computer Science enrolls about 250 undergraduate majors, most of whom are African-American.The objectives of this proposal are to: 1) enhance the Virtual Reality course curriculum with more inquiry based problem-solving activities and hand-on experiences based on Virtual and Augmented Reality educational modules; 2) develop the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory for research and education in the Computer Science Department to provide undergraduate students with realistic immersive learning environments; and 3) acquire instrumentation to further develop the teaching and research infrastructure in VAR laboratories. The project seeks to prepare computer science majors at BSU to be competitive to enter graduate programs and the workforce.