ASL-STEM Forum: A Bottom-Up Approach to Enabling American Sign Language to Grow in STEM Fields

Authors

  • Jeffrey P. Bigham
  • Daniel S. Otero University of Washington
  • Jessica N. DeWitt University of Washington
  • Anna C. Cavender University of Washington
  • Richard E. Ladner University of Washington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v2i1.18638

Abstract

Deaf and hard of hearing students studying advanced topics in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) lack standard terminology to enable them to learn, discuss and contribute to their chosen fields. The ASL-STEM Forum enables the diverse, thinly-spread groups that are independently creating and us1ing terminology to come together using a community-based, video-enabled web resource. A common vocabulary would provide interpreters with consistent terminology and enable deaf scientists to more easily converse from a common basis. This paper discusses the implementation of the ASL-STEM Forum, describes our approach to building a community using the site, and overviews the unique opportunities it offers for observing a language developing from the bottom-up.

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Published

2021-09-25

How to Cite

Bigham, J., Otero, D., DeWitt, J., Cavender, A., & Ladner, R. (2021). ASL-STEM Forum: A Bottom-Up Approach to Enabling American Sign Language to Grow in STEM Fields. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 2(1), 176-177. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v2i1.18638

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008): Second International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Section

Poster Papers