Development of AR/VR-Enhanced Tools for STEAM-Integrated Education

Technological advances have given unprecedented cause and fresh opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration in public transportation and related fields. Given this cross-functional momentum and with awareness of the present technological revolution in public transportation, a new educational approach is required of those stakeholders tasked with navigating the future landscape of supporting careers. Such workforce development stakeholders include kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) educators, career technical educators, employers, and, of course, the students themselves, who must be age-appropriately inspired, empowered, and equipped. In response, DriveOhio has developed an Educator Toolkit to provide effective resources to these stakeholders by which Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM)-integrated education may be facilitated, and career outreach programs may be advanced. The interdisciplinary opportunity sought by this project and necessarily inherent to STEAM-integrated education is answered by the collaboration and the unique breadth of experience provided by the submitting research team. Specifically, the research team represents the past and present work of two complementary Student Transportation Advancement Research (STAR) projects, each with novel contributions to DriveOhio's Educator Toolkit and the referenced stakeholders it aims to serve. This project is intended as a bridge between the previous STAR projects, a continuation of their shared efforts and goals, and a means by which the entire DriveOhio Educator Toolkit may be advanced. This project will provide an educational platform for teachers to use in a K-12 context, consisting of various future scenario modules where students can learn about the next generations of technologies, the vehicles that they will enable, and the infrastructure required to sustain such innovation.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/reportsandplans/Lists/Final%20Reports%20All/Item/displayifs.aspx?List=47f3581d%2Df21c%2D403b%2D9358%2Dfea0b008772b&ID=813&Source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edot%2Estate%2Eoh%2Eus%2FDivisions%2FPlanning%2FSPR%2FResearch%2Freportsandplans%2FLists%2FFinal%2520Reports%2520All%2FAllItems%2Easpx%3FuseFiltersInViewXml%3D1%26FilterField1%3DResearch%255Fx0020%255FOrganization%26FilterValue1%3DUniversity%2520of%2520Cincinnati%26FilterType1%3DChoice%26FilterField2%3DCategories%26FilterValue2%3DDriveOhio%26FilterType2%3DMultiChoice&ContentTypeId=0x0100BD006C89430C884FB603A74E63BB6849&RootFolder=%2FDivisions%2FPlanning%2FSPR%2FResearch%2Freportsandplans%2FLists%2FFinal%20Reports%20All

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  42155

  136991

  123347

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223
• Project Managers:

  Fout, Vicky

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Cincinnati

  Civil Engineering Department, P.O. Box 210071, 741 Baldwin Hall
  Cincinnati, OH  United States  45221-0071
• Principal Investigators:

  Nazzal, Munir

• Start Date: 20250407
• Expected Completion Date: 20261007
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education and training; Elementary school students; High school students; Outreach; Transportation careers; Virtual reality
• Identifier Terms: Science, Techology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01948802
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Ohio Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 42155, 136991, 123347
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 19 2025 8:21AM