BPC-DP: Accessible Robotic Programming for Students with Disabilities (ARoPability)
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| Audience/Grade: | 9 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Information Systems Information Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
BPC - NSF Programs Persons with Disabilities |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Laboratory/Experiment/Field Activity |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Ayanna M. Howard Rayshun Dorsey |
| Description: | Robotics-based activities has been shown to encourage non-traditional students to consider careers in computing and has even been adopted as part of core computer science curriculum at a number of Universities. Unfortunately, the concept of non-traditional student in this arena has not traditionally extended to encompass students with visual or physical impairments. As such, we seek to investigate the use of alternative interface modalities to engage students with disabilities in robotics-based programming activities. We seek to answer questions such as "What characteristics of robotics-based activities need to be transformed to engage students with visual impairments?", "What technologies can be adapted to enable achievement of robotics-based programming activities for students with physical impairments?", "Are there existing teaching modalities already employed by educators that can be used to train these new computing professionals?", and "What methods can be exploited to broade participation in computing for students with visual or physical impairments?" |
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| Keywords: | BPC-NSF BPC-DP disabed robotics tech access Persons with Disabilities reviewed |
| Is Component of: |
BPC-DP: NSF Program for Demonstration Projects in Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Platform/Format: |
Unknown |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.wizkidztech.org/aropability_and_georgia_tech0.aspx |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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