BPC-DP: Worlds for Information Technology and Science (WITS)

康奈尔大学提出了一个名为BPC-DP：信息技术和科学世界（WITS）的项目，该项目将通过使用服务学习来扩大妇女和少数民族对计算机的参与。服务学习通过提供情境化学习和增强自信心的社区建设，已被证明对更高比例的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族具有吸引力。拟议的项目包括开发一门新的三学分课程“上下文中的计算”，该课程将计算机和信息科学的概念整合到课程中，其中包括对中学生的本科指导，作为拓展部分。当本科生指导中学生团队在一个名为cycenter的网络虚拟世界科学博物馆中构建虚拟计算机和信息科学展览时，本科生将自己所学的设计概念应用于协作环境，包括网络，文件系统和格式，通信协议和安全性的工作知识。为了确保可扩展性和适应性，该方法将在三个地理上分散的大学机构进行测试，这些大学机构提供不同的高等教育和中学环境。

Cornell University proposes a project, called BPC-DP: Worlds for Information Technology and Science (WITS), that will broaden the participation of women and minorities in computing through the use of service learning. Service learning has been shown to appeal to higher percentages of women and underrepresented minorities by providing contextualized learning and community building that enhances self confidence. The proposed project includes the development of a new three-credit course, Computing in Context, which integrates concepts of computer and information science into a curriculum that includes undergraduate mentoring of middle school students as an outreach component. As the undergraduates guide middle school student teams in the building of virtual computer and information science fair exhibits in a cyber-based science museum of online virtual worlds, called CyCentr, the undergraduates apply their own learning of design concepts for collaborative environments, including working knowledge of networks, file systems and formats, communication protocols, and security. To ensure scalability and adaptability, the approach will be tested at three geographically dispersed university institutions providing different higher education and middle school environments.