An Embodied, Augmented Reality Coding Platform for Pair Programming

用于结对编程的具体增强现实编码平台

• 批准号: 2017042
• 负责人: Ying Choon Wu
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2017042&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Embodied; Augmented; Reality; Coding; Platform

Augmented reality (AR) allows the real world to be enhanced, or augmented, by computer-generated objects that are “added” to the real world. For example, a clothing store may use AR to allow a customer to “see” how clothes would look on them before they are purchased. This project at University of California San Diego will use AR to create an environment in which students can practice pair programming in an AR environment. Pair programming is a software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation, on the same piece of code. Wearing AR headsets, students will be able to manipulate, in three-dimensional space, using familiar gestures such as pointing and grabbing, a piece of code. The use of a AR programming environment, that immerses students in their code, will result in a more intuitive and collaborative computing experience that will engage learners with low confidence in programming, while supporting growth in their computational thinking abilities.A human-centered AR coding platform will be developed for the creation of three-dimensional assets, artwork, and computational logic. This platform will be a merged digital/physical workspace where spatial representations of code, interactive outputs, and user editing activities are simultaneously located. While wearing AR headsets, learners will manipulate virtual code blocks in real space to assemble programs, and they will debug their code by evaluating the representations that they create. The approach will build on the accessibility and sense of play in successful visual learning technologies (e.g., Scratch), but will leverage regular patterns of perception, action, and social interaction in the three-dimensional physical world. The goal is to increase participation and interest in groups traditionally underrepresented in the educational and career pathways of computer science, including females and some minority students, who often exhibit lower confidence in STEM-related abilities relative to other students.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.

增强现实 (AR) 允许通过计算机生成的对象“添加”到现实世界来增强或增强现实世界。例如，服装店可以使用 AR 让顾客“看到”衣服的样子。加州大学圣地亚哥分校的这个项目将使用 AR 创建一个环境，让学生可以在 AR 环境中练习结对编程，结对编程是一种软件开发技术，其中两个程序员一起工作。一个工作站，在同一块佩戴 AR 耳机，学生将能够在三维空间中使用熟悉的手势（例如指向和抓取）来操作一段代码，从而使学生沉浸在代码中。提供更直观和协作的计算体验，吸引对编程信心不足的学习者，同时支持他们计算思维能力的增长。将开发一个以人为本的 AR 编码平台，用于创建三维资产、艺术品和计算这个平台将是一个逻辑。合并的数字/物理工作空间，其中代码的空间表示、交互式输出和用户编辑活动同时位于，学习者在佩戴 AR 耳机时将在现实空间中操作虚拟代码块来组装程序，并且他们将通过评估表示来调试代码。该方法将建立在成功的视觉学习技术（例如 Scratch）的可访问性和游戏感的基础上，但将利用三维物理世界中的感知、行动和社交互动的常规模式。增加参与度和兴趣传统上在计算机科学教育和职业道路上代表性不足的群体，包括女性和一些少数族裔学生，与其他学生相比，她们对 STEM 相关能力的信心往往较低。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

An Immersive Environment for Embodied Code

体现代码的沉浸式环境

• DOI: 10.1145/3491101.3519896
• 发表时间: 2022-04
• 期刊: CHI ’22 Extended Abstracts
• 作者: Twomey, Robert;Sharkey, Tommy;Wood, Timothy;Eguchi, Amy;Sweet, Monica;Wu, Ying
• 通讯作者: Wu, Ying

Need Finding for an Embodied Coding Platform: Educators’ Practices and Perspectives

寻找具体编码平台的需求：教育者的实践和观点

• DOI: 10.5220/0011000200003182
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: CSEDU
• 作者: Sharkey; T.
• 通讯作者: T.