BPC-DP: Let's CONNECT!

BPC-DP：让我们联系吧！

• 批准号: 0940632
• 负责人: Tracy Camp
• 金额: $ 59.86万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0940632&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; DP; Let; CONNECT

The Colorado School of Mines proposes a project to develop CONNECT (Creating Open Networks aNd Expanding Connections with Technology), a tool that provides networking assistance for attendees of conferences aimed at broadening participation. Attendees at such conferences as the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, and the Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing, for example, consistently state that networking is an extremely valuable component of the conference. Professional networking is particularly important to underrepresented populations, as barriers to participation include a lack of mentors and the feeling of isolation that one doesn't belong. CONNECT uses technology to help BPC conference attendees develop a support network at the conference and, more importantly, sustain those connections after the conference ends. With CONNECT, attendees of a conference set networking goals prior to the event. Then, when two (or more) people want to CONNECT and exchange contact information, conference badges are scanned. CONNECT attendees also receive networking tips, a daily progress email that details which of their networking goals are being met, and suggestions on the types of people to try and meet the next day. At the end of the conference, contact information of the connections made by an attendee is shared. Feedback from an initial pilot of the system will be used to significantly improve upon the CONNECT system, adding, for example, the development of stationary CONNECT stations that do not require personnel to oversee, the ability to make a connection by transmitting a text message from a cell phone, which avoids the need to scan badges, the integration of connections with other social network systems, a face-to-face mentoring opportunity at the conference venue, a networking game component that can be used as an icebreaker, and the facilitation of forming BPC communities of individuals that share common interests. The CONNECT system will be deployed and evaluated at several different types of BPC conferences and meetings.

科罗拉多矿业学院提出了一个开发 CONNECT（创建开放网络并扩大技术联系）的项目，该工具为会议与会者提供网络帮助，旨在扩大参与范围。例如，Grace Hopper 计算机领域女性庆典、Richard Tapia 计算机多样性庆典和科罗拉多计算机领域女性庆典等会议的与会者一致表示，网络是会议中极其有价值的组成部分。专业网络对于代表性不足的人群尤其重要，因为参与的障碍包括缺乏导师和不属于自己的孤立感。 CONNECT 使用技术帮助 BPC 会议与会者在会议上建立支持网络，更重要的是，在会议结束后维持这些联系。通过 CONNECT，会议与会者可以在活动之前设定社交目标。然后，当两个（或更多）人想要连接并交换联系信息时，会议徽章就会被扫描。 CONNECT 与会者还会收到社交技巧、每日进度电子邮件（详细说明正在实现哪些社交目标）以及有关第二天尝试会见的人员类型的建议。会议结束时，将共享与会者建立的联系的联系信息。该系统初始试点的反馈将用于显着改进 CONNECT 系统，例如，增加不需要人员监督的固定 CONNECT 站的开发，通过传输文本消息来建立连接的能力手机（无需扫描徽章）、与其他社交网络系统的连接集成、会场面对面的指导机会、可用作破冰场的网络游戏组件以及便利组建 BPC 社区具有共同兴趣的个人。 CONNECT 系统将在多种不同类型的 BPC 大会和会议上进行部署和评估。