Excellence in Research: Mixed Reality in Engineering Education

卓越研究：工程教育中的混合现实

• 批准号: 2302112
• 负责人: Keisha Antoine
• 金额: $ 60.05万
• 依托单位: Prairie View A & M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2302112&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Excellence; Research; Mixed; Reality; Engineering

Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is an HBCU that graduates one of the highest numbers of Black engineers in the nation. This project is focused on increasing engineering education research at PVAMU using mixed reality (MR) as an active learning tool. In MR experiences, digital elements are superimposed onto physical environments and real-world objects and users interact with 3D digital elements through headsets rather than via a screen, thus providing a truly immersive experience. Mixed reality is an innovative and transformative technology that has the potential to improve learning, both in the classroom and in the laboratory, and offer students digital learning experiences that they find engaging and valuable whether they are in the same setting as their lab colleagues or participating remotely. MR technology is growing in importance and is already being used in a plethora of applications: business, medicine, and architecture to name a few. We will extend the use of MR by creating MR-based instructional environments to provide first-person, immersive learning experiences unavailable in traditional classroom formats and to measure their impact on instruction and students. Research has shown that students demonstrate better learning outcomes if their learning encompasses a strong experiential component. This project is actively seeking methods to implement a practical complement to classroom instruction. Mixed reality technology a first-person, immersive experience relevant to the learner which can bridge the gap between theory and practice without involving risk and expensive expendables while eliminating practical limitations (e.g., accessing the inner workings of an active process or structure). This project will create MR environments to advance Chemical Engineering as well as Electrical and Computer Engineering courses for students who are predominantly first generation and underrepresented minorities. The research planned will address five questions using descriptive, quasi-experimental, and qualitative methods. Descriptive elements include the degree to which specific forms of learning are achieved and what are desired applications for MR. Application of MR in engineering has the potential to increase accessibility for students by meeting people where they are, thus addressing equity initiatives while increasing opportunity for engagement and individualization of learning.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.

Prairie View A＆M University（PVAMU）是HBCU，毕业是全国黑人工程师数量最高的人之一。该项目的重点是使用混合现实（MR）作为活跃的学习工具来增加PVAMU的工程教育研究。在MR体验中，数字元素被叠加到物理环境中，现实世界中的对象和用户通过耳机与3D数字元素进行交互，而不是通过屏幕进行交互，从而提供了真正的沉浸式体验。混合现实是一种创新和变革性的技术，有可能在课堂和实验室中改善学习，并为学生提供数字学习经验，无论他们与实验室同事处于相同的环境还是远程参与，他们都会发现吸引人和有价值。 Technology先生的重要性正在越来越重要，并且已经用于大量应用：商务，医学和建筑等。我们将通过创建基于M的教学环境来扩展MR的使用，以在传统的课堂格式中提供第一人称，身临其境的学习经验，并衡量其对教学和学生的影响。研究表明，如果学生的学习涵盖了强大的体验成分，则可以证明他们的学习成果更好。该项目正在积极寻求对课堂教学实施实际补充的方法。混合现实技术是与学习者相关的第一人称，沉浸式的经验，可以弥合理论和实践之间的差距，而无需涉及风险和昂贵的消耗品，同时消除了实际限制（例如，访问主动过程或结构的内部运作）。该项目将创建MR环境，以推动化学工程以及为主要是第一代且代表性不足的学生提供的电气和计算机工程课程。计划的研究将使用描述性，准实验和定性方法解决五个问题。描述性要素包括获得特定形式的学习形式的程度以及MR的所需应用。 MR在工程学中的应用有可能通过与人会面的人见面，从而提高学生的可访问性，从而解决公平计划，同时增加与学习的参与和个性化的机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。