On October 10, 2019, the CfA Science Education Department hosts Jim Hammerman, Co-Director of the STEM Education Evaluation Center at TERC and Co-PI for IDATA. Jim's Talk Abstract: The NSF-funded (STEM+C) Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA) project is developing software to help blind and visually impaired students and their sighted peers conduct astronomy data collection and analysis using a remote telescope network. How? Well, astronomical data don’t need to be presented visually – and shouldn’t be for those who can’t see them. Through hands-on and online activities, middle and high school students learn about astronomy and computing and how they can be integrated for both science and accessibility. Students collaborate with project investigators using a user-centered design (UCD) process to provide feedback about accessibility of the software. The talk discusses these activities as well as how the project’s educational research methods were adjusted to make them accessible for people with visual impairments.
On October 10, 2019, the CfA Science Education Department hosts Jim Hammerman, Co-Director of the STEM Education Evaluation Center at TERC and Co-PI for IDATA. Jim's Talk Abstract: The NSF-funded (STEM+C) Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA) project is developing software to help blind and visually impaired students and their sighted peers conduct astronomy data collection and analysis using a remote telescope network. How? Well, astronomical data don’t need to be presented visually – and shouldn’t be for those who can’t see them. Through hands-on and online activities, middle and high school students learn about astronomy and computing and how they can be integrated for both science and accessibility. Students collaborate with project investigators using a user-centered design (UCD) process to provide feedback about accessibility of the software. The talk discusses these activities as well as how the project’s educational research methods were adjusted to make them accessible for people with visual impairments.
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