BPC: Project ACE: Accessible Computing Education for Visually Impaired Students

BPC：ACE 项目：为视障学生提供无障碍计算教育

• 批准号: 0634319
• 负责人: Stephanie Ludi
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0634319&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; Project; ACE; Accessible; Computing

The Rochester Institute of Technology proposes a planning activity to develop Project ACE: Accessible Education for visually impaired students. Despite advances in assistive technologies, relatively few visually impaired students participate in university-level computing courses. Significant factors in this under representation include lack of relevant precollege preparation, lack of role models, access to resources, and the highly visual nature of modern computing. Visually based notations, tools and user interfaces have lead to visually intensive instruction, making it difficult for students with visual impairments to follow traditional classroom activities. This planning grant will develop a project to increase the participation of students with visual impairments in computing through the development of accessible class materials, resources, and teacher professional development. Potential activities include summer and year-round, theme-based activities for students and parents that encourage exploration in networking, programming, and robotics. These activities will provide a foundation for teacher workshops in accessible lesson development. In addition, online resources will be expanded to provide students and education access to tutorials, tools, and discussion to bring together industry practitioners, educators, and students to promote the exploration of issues and successes regarding participation in computing by the visually impaired.

罗彻斯特理工学院提议开展一项规划活动来开发 ACE 项目：为视障学生提供无障碍教育。 尽管辅助技术取得了进步，但参加大学水平计算机课程的视障学生相对较少。造成这种代表性不足的重要因素包括缺乏相关的大学预科准备、缺乏榜样、资源获取以及现代计算的高度可视化本质。 基于视觉的符号、工具和用户界面导致了视觉密集型教学，使有视觉障碍的学生难以跟上传统的课堂活动。 这笔规划拨款将开发一个项目，通过开发易于使用的课堂材料、资源和教师专业发展，提高视障学生对计算机的参与。 潜在的活动包括针对学生和家长的夏季和全年主题活动，鼓励他们探索网络、编程和机器人技术。 这些活动将为教师无障碍课程开发研讨会奠定基础。此外，在线资源将得到扩展，为学生和教育机构提供教程、工具和讨论，将行业从业者、教育工作者和学生聚集在一起，促进对视障人士参与计算的问题和成功的探索。