CPATH T: Campus Wide Computation Initiative - A New Model For Computing Education

CPATH T：校园范围计算计划 - 计算教育的新模式

• 批准号: 0722211
• 负责人: Chun Wai Liew
• 金额: $ 59万
• 依托单位: Lafayette College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0722211&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CPATH; Campus; Wide; Computation; Initiative

The goal of this project is to develop a model for a campus wide computation initiative that will transform undergraduate computing education in the institution and academic environment. The activities that make up this model will engage in computation students and faculty who are outside the typical computing community. The transformation is achieved through the involvement of (1) faculty leaders inside the computing community in teaching and research collaborations with faculty and students from outside the computing community, and (2) faculty and industrial partners who develop programs that highlight the increasingly important role of computation in their respective industries. The two colleges have developed and will implement a coordinated model for a computation initiative that will (1) attract non-traditional CS students to take introductory computing courses (not computer literacy courses) and (2) encourage faculty from non-CS departments to develop discipline specific courses that build on the introductory computation courses and incorporate higher level computation skills. The model is based on the framework of a curriculum in computational methods that includes a core of courses that addresses common applications of computation across disciplines, followed by additional discipline specific courses within other departments that focus on computation activities in those fields. The strategies that will be developed and implemented for transforming undergraduate computing education, specifically fostering change in the attitudes of students and faculty and increasing the visibility of computation, will serve as a blueprint for implementing similar changes at other institutions. Dissemination of the model for a campus wide computation initiative, along with strategies for implementation, will make it possible for the changes to be replicated at other institutions. This will ultimately result in increased competence and familiarity with computing skills amongst all graduates, particularly in the sciences, and a more visible role and presence for computing in the academy.

这个项目的目标是开发一个校园范围内的计算倡议，将改变大学生计算教育的机构和学术环境的模型。构成这个模型的活动将吸引那些在典型计算社区之外的计算学生和教师。这种转变是通过以下人员的参与实现的：（1）计算社区内的教师领导人与计算社区外的教师和学生进行教学和研究合作，以及（2）开发突出计算在各自行业中日益重要的作用的程序的教师和工业合作伙伴。这两所学院已经开发并将实施一个协调的计算计划模型，该计划将（1）吸引非传统计算机科学学生参加入门计算课程（而不是计算机扫盲课程），以及（2）鼓励非计算机科学系的教师开发基于入门计算课程并结合更高水平计算技能的学科特定课程。该模型是基于计算方法的课程框架，其中包括一个核心课程，解决跨学科的计算的共同应用，其次是其他部门内的其他学科的具体课程，专注于这些领域的计算活动。 将开发和实施的战略，以改变本科计算教育，特别是促进学生和教师的态度变化，提高计算的可见性，将作为在其他机构实施类似的变化的蓝图。 传播的模式，校园范围内的计算倡议，沿着战略的实施，将有可能在其他机构复制的变化。这将最终导致所有毕业生，特别是科学毕业生对计算技能的能力和熟悉程度的提高，以及计算在学院中的更明显的作用和存在。