{"id":9519,"date":"2012-03-08t09:53:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-08t15:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2012-03-15t07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15t13:53:50","slug":"vu-student-develops-math-app-for-visually-impaired-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2012\/03\/vu-student-develops-math-app-for-visually-impaired-students\/","title":{"rendered":"vu student develops math app for visually impaired students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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jenna gorlewicz working with kira and quinn. (pat slattery\/瑞士vs喀麦隆走地)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

this week, the vanderbilt vucast <\/a>and the research news at vanderbilt<\/a> site feature the work of jenna gorlewicz<\/a>, a graduate student in the\u00a0medical and electromechanical design laboratory (med lab)<\/a> at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地, and her adviser\u00a0robert webster<\/a>, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, who directs the lab.\u00a0gorlewicz has developed and is testing\u00a0a new android app, one designed to assist visually impaired students in mastering algebra, geometry, graphing and other subjects that are particularly hard to comprehend without the aid of normal vision.<\/p>\n

\u201cwhen i began reading articles about haptic technology being incorporated into these new touchscreen devices, i realized that the people who really need haptics are people with impaired vision because they heavily rely on their sense of touch to \u2018see\u2019 the world around them.\u201d gorlewicz said. \u201ci love math and i love teaching, so i immediately thought of using them for math education, because it has such a strong visual component.\u201d<\/p>\n

given the enthusiastic reactions of students who are testing the app at local hillsboro high school, it’s believed that her innovation could have a major impact on how science, technology, engineering and math \u2013 the critical stem subjects \u2013 are taught to the visually impaired.<\/p>\n

gorlewicz was a teaching as research fellow<\/a> in 2008-09 and worked on a project alongside\u00a0caleb rucker adviser\u00a0robert webster. the project investigated effectiveness of haptic paddle project laboratories in teaching, which is the same technology gorlewicz later applied to developing the app for vision impaired students. you can view their project here:\u00a0getting a feel for dynamic systems through haptic robots<\/a> [vunetid req.]<\/p>\n

read the entire article<\/a> and check out the vucast<\/a> to see local students testing the app.<\/p>\n

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