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

BPC-DP：信息技术和科学世界 (WITS)

• 批准号: 0634418
• 负责人: David Gries
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0634418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; DP; Worlds; Information; Technology

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.

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的参与。服务性学习已被证明对妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的比例较高，因为它提供了增强自信的情境化学习和社区建设。拟议的项目包括开发一个新的三学分课程，在上下文中计算，它将计算机和信息科学的概念整合到一个课程，其中包括本科辅导中学生作为推广的组成部分。作为本科生引导中学生团队在建设虚拟计算机和信息科学博览会展品在网上虚拟世界的网络为基础的科学博物馆，称为CyCentr，本科生申请自己学习的设计概念的协作环境，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，提供不同的高等教育和中学环境。