Support for Broadening Participation through Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software
Support for Broadening Participation through Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software
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通过人道主义自由和开源软件支持扩大参与
DOI：
10.1145/3408877.3439629
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发表时间：
2021
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Braught, G.
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Braught, G.
扩大参与计算的必要性和好处以及计算程序在应对这一挑战中必须发挥的作用已经得到了很好的证明。提升计算的社会价值一直被认为是增加计算对妇女和其他代表性不足的群体的吸引力的一种方法。这张海报为这种方法提供了经验支持。它报告了对学生在两个学期的高级顶点四年选择的项目的分析。在这个顶点，学生选择自由和开源软件（FOSS）社区参与。学生们了解了自由和开放源码软件的原则和程序，并了解了人道主义自由和开放源码软件。他们完成了学期前的调查，并参与了一个三阶段的项目选择过程。学生们考虑的项目类型（自由和开放源码软件或高级自由和开放源码软件）支持这样一种说法，即具有社会价值的计算对女性和代表性不足的群体的学生都有吸引力。对学期前态度调查的分析增加了额外的洞察力，并提出了进一步的调查途径。
The necessity and benefits of broadening participation in computing and the roles that computing programs must play in addressing this challenge have been well documented. Elevating the social value of computing has been advocated as an approach to increasing the appeal of computing to both women and other underrepresented groups. This poster adds empirical support for that approach. It reports on the analysis of projects selected by students over four years of a two-semester senior capstone. In this capstone students select Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities with which to engage. The students learned about FOSS principles and processes and were introduced to humanitarian FOSS (HFOSS). They completed pre-semester surveys and engaged in a three-stage project selection process. The types of projects that students considered (FOSS or HFOSS) support the assertion that computing with social value is appealing to both females and students in underrepresented groups. Analysis of pre-semester attitude surveys adds additional insight and suggests further avenues for investigation.