I-Corps: An interactive gaming platform that uses motion assessment and virtual reality to incorporate STEM and social-emotional learning

I-Corps：一个互动游戏平台，使用运动评估和虚拟现实来整合 STEM 和社交情感学习

• 批准号: 2120171
• 负责人: David Ahn
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: CUNY Medgar Evers College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120171&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; interactive; gaming; platform; uses

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of an educational gaming platform to improve learning outcomes in children. The proposed platform introduces students to deeper learning that encompasses analytic reasoning, complex problem solving, and teamwork. The curriculum is designed to introduce key concepts in social-emotional learning to bolster any motivational hurdles learners encounter in understanding presented materials. Focusing on social-emotional learning may assist learners in the creative process and may more easily engage those who exhibit behavioral challenges that may have impacted learning previously. In addition, the proposed technology has the potential to assist in determining where additional resources, support, or services are needed. This platform may play a critical role in bridging the gap of services for underserved populations.This I-Corps project is based on the development of an interactive educational platform using virtual reality to introduce STEM and social emotional learning to young learners. The proposed online platform uses a framework focusing on imitating behavioral neuronal networks based on user input. Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms are used to replicate the functionality of the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex to optimize habitual behaviors. The proposed technology specifically targets increasing problem solving and creative thinking through real-life interactive scenarios. To allow for the manipulation of 3D objects in an instinctual way, the proposed platform combines the use of motion sensors with the software framework. By combining motion and real-life interactive scenarios with growth hacking development concepts, the technology may increase resiliency by instilling long-term drive and motivation in STEM. An additional goal is increasing the representation of diverse and minority populations in data sets with the hopes of assisting in the effort to mitigate algorithmic bias.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.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个教育游戏平台，以改善儿童的学习成果。拟议的平台向学生介绍了更深入的学习，其中包括分析推理，复杂的问题解决和团队合作。 该课程旨在在社会情感学习中介绍关键概念，以加强学习者在理解呈现材料时遇到的任何动机障碍。 专注于社会情感学习可以帮助学习者参与创作过程，并可以更轻松地吸引那些表现出可能影响学习的行为挑战的人。 此外，拟议的技术有可能协助确定需要额外的资源，支持或服务。 该平台可能在弥合服务不足的人群的服务差距中起关键作用。该I-Corps项目基于使用虚拟现实的交互式教育平台的开发，以将STEM和社交情感学习引入年轻学习者。提出的在线平台使用一个框架，重点是基于用户输入模仿行为神经元网络。人工智能（AI）算法用于复制边缘系统和前额叶皮层的功能，以优化习惯行为。提出的技术专门针对通过现实生活中的互动场景来增加问题解决和创造性思维的目标。为了以本能的方式操纵3D对象，提出的平台将运动传感器的使用与软件框架结合在一起。通过将运动和现实生活中的互动场景与增长黑客发展概念相结合，该技术可以通过灌输长期动力和STEM的动力来提高弹性。 另一个目标是增加数据集中不同和少数族裔人口的代表，以期有助于减轻算法BIA。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。