CPATH-2: Globally Distributed Software Development: an Instructional Community Model

研究表明，“距离问题”的意义上说，地理，时间和文化的差异导致软件工程的协调和控制问题，不同的质量和数量从那些在同一地点的发展。 尽管如此，尽管软件开发已经成为一项全球性的事业，但计算机科学教育到目前为止在课程内容和学生体验方面仍然很狭隘。 这个CPATH项目正在建立一个自我维持的国际教育工作者社区，致力于在全球分布式软件开发中的沟通，协调和跨学科协调的人类问题的背景下教授关键的计算思维技能。 这个项目的一个关键前提是，全球分布式项目的挑战是学生发展和重视计算思维技能，如抽象，模块化和形式化的理想环境。 该项目将收集和开发相关教学材料的共同集合，并为学生在全球分布的团队中工作的软件工程项目课程组装必要的基础设施。 一系列社区建设研讨会将汇集来自大学，行业和专业组织的各方，以促进合作，产生想法，分享经验，并改善共同的教学资产。振兴计算机科学教育，以涵盖全球分布式软件开发是必要的，以准备美国劳动力和保持在软件工程的未来领导地位。这包括在实际开展国际合作工作时促进文化理解和敏感性。除了开发教学材料和基础设施外，该CPATH项目还涉及系统传播，建立教学伙伴关系以及学术机构和行业之间的其他合作。通过降低采用和参与的障碍，它将发展教学社区，教育更多的学生，并包括在服务不足的社区的大学。

Studies show that "distance matters" in the sense that geographic, temporal, and cultural differences lead to software engineering coordination and control problems that differ qualitatively and quantitatively from those in co-located development. Nonetheless, while software development has become a global enterprise, computer science education so far remains largely parochial in course content and student experience. This CPATH project is establishing a self-sustaining, international community of educators committed to teaching key computational thinking skills in the context of the human problems of communication, coordination, and interdisciplinary coordination in globally distributed software development. A key premise of this project is that the challenges of globally distributed projects are an ideal context for students to develop and value computational thinking skills such as abstraction, modularization, and formalization. The project will gather and develop a common collection of relevant pedagogic materials, and assemble the necessary infrastructure for software engineering project courses in which students work in globally distributed teams. A set of community-building workshops will bring together parties from universities, industry, and professional organizations to foster collaboration, generate ideas, share experience, and improve common pedagogical assets. Revitalizing computer science education to encompass globally distributed software development is necessary to prepare the U.S. workforce and maintain leadership in the future of software engineering. This includes fostering cultural understanding and sensitivity in the practical exercise of internationally collaborative work. In addition to developing pedagogical materials and infrastructure, this CPATH project also addresses systematic dissemination, formation of teaching partnerships, and other collaboration between academic institutions and industry. By lowering barriers to adoption and participation it will grow the teaching community, educate more students, and include universities in underserved communities.