CPATH: Revitalizing Computer Science Education through the Science of Digital Media

建议编号：0722261标题：CPATH CB：通过数字媒体的科学重振计算机科学教育PI：Jennifer Burg虽然计算机在通信、社交网络、创造力、商业、科学、学术和研究中变得不可或缺，但近年来计算机科学专业的学生数量急剧下降。显然，计算机科学教育者并没有利用他们的学科令人兴奋和相关的性质。这个项目调查了如何通过将计算机科学课程与数字媒体科学联系起来，使其对当今的学生更有趣和更相关。数字媒体的跨学科性质？与视觉艺术、工程、音乐、科学可视化、电影、电视和移动媒体有联系？将通过在全美七所学院/大学的研讨会进行探索。来自工商界和不同学术领域的代表将被要求确定他们希望计算机科学家参与跨学科合作的知识和技能。在三年的时间里，将提出一项大学层面的计算机科学课程改革建议，以反映涉及数字媒体领域的教育工作者、行业代表、艺术家和从业者的意见。由此产生的课程旨在以激励学习和利用数字媒体在现代生活中的中心地位的方式，将坚实的科学基础与其他学科的实践联系起来。

.Proposal Number: 0722261Title: CPATH CB: Revitalizing Computer Science Education through the Science of Digital MediaPI: Jennifer BurgWhile computers have become indispensable in communication, social networking, creativity, business, science, academics, and research, the number of students majoring in computer science has fallen dramatically in recent years. Clearly, computer science educators are not taking advantage of the exciting and relevant nature of their discipline. This project investigates ways to make computer science curriculum more interesting and relevant to today's students by linking it to the science of digital media. The interdisciplinary nature of digital media ? with connections to the visual arts, engineering, music, scientific visualization, movies, television, and mobile media ? will be explored through workshops at seven colleges/universities throughout the United States. Representatives from business and industry and diverse academic fields will be asked to identify the knowledge and skills they would like to see in computer scientists involved with them in interdisciplinary collaborations. Over a three-year period, a proposal for college-level computer science curriculum changes will be made that reflects input from educators, industry representatives, artists, and practitioners in areas involving digital media. The resulting curriculum is intended to have a strong scientific base linked to practice in other disciplines in ways that motivate learning and take advantage of the centrality of digital media in modern-day life.