AccessATE: Making Community College Technician Education More Accessible for Everyone

AccessATE：让每个人都更容易获得社区学院技术员教育

• 批准号: 1836721
• 负责人: Rachael Bower
• 金额: $ 247.78万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836721&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AccessATE; Making; Community; College; Technician

Research shows that including Universal Design concepts and accessibility standards makes learning resources more usable by those with disabilities and others, including non-native language speakers, low-literacy students, and seniors. Including University Design concepts at the beginning of the development process can increase the effectiveness of websites, curriculum, documents, and other resources. The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports projects and centers that develop curricular materials, professional development materials, summer camps, and other resources for educating the skilled technical workforce. ATE Central archives materials developed by the ATE community and provides a open digital portal for finding and downloading these resources. Having well-designed, accessible resources in the ATE Central archive will enable those who adapt and adopt these materials to reach the broadest possible audience thus broadening the reach of STEM education and opportunities for STEM employment.The AccessATE project will help ATE grantees (and other STEM educators) understand the need for accessibility, particularly as it relates to the deliverables of their ATE projects and centers. It will provide them with support and solutions to meet these accessibility needs and challenges. Project deliverables will include: the AccessATE website, which will provide a platform and central data exchange point; an Accessibility Organization Directory; an Accessibility Tool Directory with a checklist to provide developers with points to consider and tasks to perform to ensure compliance of materials developed; and resources for accessible media creation and for supporting faculty in working with industry partners.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

研究表明，包括通用设计概念和可访问性标准包括残疾人和其他人（包括非母语说话者，低素养的学生和老年人）的学习资源更具使用。 在开发过程开始时包括大学设计概念可以提高网站，课程，文档和其他资源的有效性。 高级技术教育（ATE）计划支持开发课程材料，专业开发材料，夏令营和其他资源的项目和中心，以教育熟练的技术劳动力。 ATE Central档案材料由ATE社区开发，并提供了一个开放的数字门户，用于查找和下载这些资源。 在Ate Central Archive中精心设计，可访问的资源将使那些适应和采用这些材料以达到最广泛的受众的人，从而扩大了STEM教育和STEM就业机会的范围。访问项目将帮助Ate Grantees（和其他STEM教育者）了解可访问性的需求，尤其是与其与其ATE项目和中心的交付能力有关。 它将为他们提供支持和解决方案，以满足这些可及性需求和挑战。项目可交付成果将包括：访问网站，该网站将提供平台和中央数据交换点；可访问性组织目录；清单的可访问性工具目录，可为开发人员提供要考虑的要点和要执行的任务，以确保对开发的材料的合规性；以及用于与行业合作伙伴合作的可访问媒体创建和支持教师的资源。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。