CPATH-2: Collaborative Research: Incorporating Communication Outcomes into the Computer Science Curriculum

为了在职业生涯中取得成功，计算机科学专业的毕业生除了需要深入的技术知识外，还需要与各种受众进行沟通和合作的能力。为了实现这一目标，重要的是学生在整个课程中都有计算思维和沟通技巧的指导和实践。这个名为“将交流成果纳入计算机科学课程”的项目将建立在早期的两个CPATH项目的基础上，以一种变革性的方法，将交流教学和活动完全整合到整个课程中，以增强而不是取代他们对技术内容的学习。该项目的成果将包括：计算机科学和软件工程项目的示范课程和教学大纲，这些课程和教学大纲可以捕捉和评估与工业界合作产生的学生学习成果；全面的支持材料，包括沟通学习活动，以解决本项目确定的学习成果；在两个学术背景截然不同的机构进行论证和评估；并传播成果，以提高全国对这一创新方法的认识。该项目将产生指导理念和传播可供其他机构采用的资源，以满足全国范围内对具有更好沟通能力的CS和SE毕业生的需求，同时保持对技术内容和计算思维的掌握。新课程将成为其他学校类似课程的样板，这些课程的开发将得到包括工业界和学术界合作伙伴在内的一系列研讨会的支持。行业的参与将确保我们的毕业生拥有满足他们沟通需求的技能，我们的学术合作伙伴的参与将利用他们的专业知识，并鼓励他们采用项目期间开发的成果、课程和活动。具有有效计算思维和沟通能力的毕业CS和SE学生将积极影响CS从业者与其他学科之间的互动和沟通，从而提高CS对社会的效益，影响和质量。我们预计，另外一个好处可能是，计算机科学和计算机工程将对代表性不足的群体，尤其是女性，变得更有吸引力，因为它们清楚地表明，人与人之间的沟通是任何计算机职业的重要组成部分。

To be successful in their careers, computer science graduates need, in addition to in-depth technical knowledge, the ability to communicate and collaborate with a variety of audiences. To achieve this goal, it is important that students have instruction and practice in computational thinking and in communication skills throughout their curriculum. This project, Incorporating Communication Outcomes into the Computer Science Curriculum, will build upon two earlier CPATH projects to create a transformative approach to fully integrate communication instruction and activities throughout the curriculum in ways that enhance rather than replace their learning of technical content. The outcomes of this project will include: model curricula and syllabi for computer science and software engineering programs that capture and assess student learning outcomes generated in collaboration with industry; comprehensive support materials, including communications learning activities to address the learning outcomes identified by this project; demonstration and evaluation at two institutions with two very different academic profiles; and dissemination of results to raise nationwide awareness of this innovative approach. This project will generate guiding concepts and disseminate resources that can be adapted by other institutions to meet nationwide needs for CS and SE graduates with better communication abilities while maintaining a mastery of technical content and computational thinking. The new curricula will serve as models for similar programs at other schools, the development of which will be supported by a series of workshops involving partners from industry and academia. The industry involvement will ensure that our graduates have the skills to meet their communication needs and the involvement of our academic partners will both leverage their expertise and encourage their adoption of the outcomes, curricula, and activities developed during this project. Graduating CS and SE students with effective computational thinking and communication skills will positively influence interactions and communications between practitioners in CS and other disciplines and thus enhance the benefits, impact and quality of CS upon society. We expect that an additional benefit may be that CS and SE will become more attractive to underrepresented groups, especially women, by making it clear that communication between people is an essential part of any computing career.