I-Corps: Visual Learning Studios

I-Corps：视觉学习工作室

• 批准号: 1620055
• 负责人: Jeanne Century
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-15 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1620055&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Visual; Learning; Studios

This project focuses on tools for learners who are visual learners. Of children identified with a learning disability, a large percentage will drop out of high school. Learners with disabilities often have low self-esteem and low self-confidence because they have frequently have difficulty learning with traditional teaching methods. As a result, they often give up without realizing their inherent strengths and abilities to learn in different ways. On the other hand, society benefits greatly when people with dyslexia, autism, and ADD are taught well and persist. This project's technology, "Visual Learning Studies" (VLS), increases the opportunities for learners with learning differences; bringing more of them to complete their education and become productive contributors to society and to advancing our nation's economy.Visual Learning Studios (VLS) is an online interactive and differentiated educational platform targeting the learning needs and differences of children with autism, ADD and dyslexia. These learners typically have strengths in visual processing, while at the same time, their language processing is weak. As a result of the language processing challenges, they have difficulty learning through what are considered "traditional" means of reading and listening. Written for the general population, traditional textbooks and online textbooks are language dense. In contrast, the VLS communicates content through rich visual imagery using videos and images as well as through "lean" language that is easier for learners with these impairments to process and understand. During the I-Corps program, this I-Corps team conducts market research to validate its go-to-market strategy with potential customers. The team plans to meet with school system administrators, general education teachers, special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists and instructional materials designers to explore the viability of the VLS technology.

该项目着重于视觉学习者学习者的工具。在患有学习障碍的儿童中，很大一部分将辍学。残疾学习者通常具有低自尊心和自信的低位，因为他们经常使用传统的教学方法学习困难。结果，他们经常放弃而没有意识到自己固有的优势和能力以不同的方式学习。另一方面，当患有阅读障碍，自闭症和添加的人被很好地教导并坚持下去时，社会受益匪浅。该项目的技术“视觉学习研究”（VLS）增加了学习差异的学习者的机会。带来更多的人来完成学业，成为社会的富有成效的贡献者，并促进我们国家的经济。视觉学习工作室（VLS）是一个在线互动和差异化的教育平台，针对自闭症儿童的学习需求和差异，添加和阅读障碍。这些学习者通常在视觉处理方面具有优势，而同时他们的语言处理也很弱。由于语言处理的挑战，他们难以通过被认为是“传统”阅读和倾听方式学习。为普通人群编写的传统教科书和在线教科书是语言密集的。相比之下，VLS通过视频和图像以及“精益”语言通过丰富的视觉图像传达内容，对于这些障碍的学习者来说更容易处理和理解。 在I-Corps计划期间，该I-Corps团队进行市场研究，以验证其与潜在客户的上市策略。该团队计划与学校系统管理员，通识教育老师，特殊教育老师，语言病理学家，社会工作者，职业治疗师和教学材料设计师会面，以探索VLS技术的可行性。