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

康奈尔大学提出了一个名为BPC-DP：信息技术与科学世界(WITS)的项目，该项目将通过使用服务性学习来扩大妇女和少数族裔对计算机的参与。事实证明，服务性学习通过提供增强自信的情景学习和社区建设，吸引了较高比例的妇女和代表性不足的少数群体。拟议的项目包括开发一门新的三学分课程《环境中的计算》，该课程将计算机和信息科学的概念纳入一门课程，其中包括对中学生的本科生辅导作为外展内容。当本科生在名为CyCentr的基于网络的在线虚拟世界科学博物馆指导中学生团队建立虚拟计算机和信息科学博览会展品时，本科生将自己学习的协作环境设计概念，包括网络、文件系统和格式、通信协议和安全的工作知识。为了确保可伸缩性和适应性，该方法将在三所地理位置分散的大学机构进行测试，这些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.