CPATH CB: Building Community via the Science of Networks

HarambeeNet项目的目标是改变计算机科学入门课程和观念。 在各级统计课程的令人难以置信的增长，与学生参加计算机科学课程的下降形成对比，指出在各种场所引入计算机科学的潜力，而不强调编程的过程：利用专业知识和角色-模型由来自其他领域的教育工作者提供，通过研究网络科学和建模中出现的主题，将计算机科学作为一种替代方法，传统的编程方法。 项目团队将开发模块，这些模块将被纳入数学、统计学、计算机科学、社会学、经济学和相关领域的现有课程。 这些模块将由杜克的教师学习社区开发和评估。来自这些教师学习社区的工作将得到教育工作者的补充，他们将参加杜克的研讨会，并使用社交网络模型将模块传播给将继续评估和开发它们的同事。一个具有计算机科学和社交网络专门知识的咨询委员会将监督模块的开发，这将最终导致在各级各类学校引入计算机科学的新模式。

The HarambeeNet project's goal is to change courses and perceptions of introductory computer science. The incredible growth in statistics courses at all levels, in contrast with the decline of students taking computer science courses, points to the potential for introducing computer science in variety of venues without emphasizing the process of programming: leverage the expertise and role-models provided by educators from other fields by studying topics that arise from the science of networks and modeling to introduce computer science as an alternative to the traditional programming approach. The project team will develop modules that will be incorporated into existing courses in math, statistics, computer science, sociology, economics, and related fields. These modules will be developed and evaluated by faculty learning communities based at Duke. The work from these faculty learning communities will be supplemented by educators who will attend workshops at Duke and use a social network model to disseminate the modules to colleagues who will continue to assess and develop them. An advisory board with expertise in computer science and social networks will oversee module development which will ultimately lead to a new paradigm for introducing computer science at a wide variety of schools at all levels.