Revitalizing the Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum Inside and Outside of the Classroom Using Mobile Computing Platforms

使用移动计算平台振兴课堂内外的计算机科学本科课程

• 批准号: 1140781
• 负责人: Joshua Dehlinger
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Towson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Revitalizing; Computer; Science; Undergraduate; Curriculum

Computer Science educators are constantly reinventing introductory courses to revitalize the overall curriculum, without the requisite attention to the fundamental upper-level courses. While the focus on drawing students into Computer Science is vital to maintain the enrollment needed to supply a technically-starved workforce, it is vital to use innovative pedagogical approaches, contextualized to how students learn, throughout the curriculum ensuring that students attain the technical skills needed to succeed in industry. To address these challenges, this project has two main thrusts. First, it designs, pilots and evaluates curriculum materials for three upper-level Computer Science courses that utilize mobile computing technology to contextualize, motivate and demonstrate fundamental computing concepts on a platform students can relate to. The three courses utilize active learning pedagogical approaches that engage and encourage students to attain core computing principles while attaining the marketable technical skills associated with mobile technology. Second, it creates service-learning opportunities, out-of-classroom events and internship positions in which students can apply the mobile technology skills in an industry project and showcase their work to the larger community. The culmination of these efforts creates a synergy between instruction in and out of the classroom that balances the acquisition of fundamental computing skills and the attainment of in-demand industry technical skills.

计算机科学教育者不断地重新设计入门课程，以振兴整个课程，而没有必要关注基础的高级课程。虽然将重点放在吸引学生进入计算机科学领域对于维持技术短缺劳动力所需的入学率至关重要，但在整个课程中使用创新的教学方法，与学生的学习方式相结合，确保学生获得在行业中取得成功所需的技术技能，这一点至关重要。为了应对这些挑战，该项目有两个主要重点。首先，它设计、试点和评估了三门高级计算机科学课程的课程材料，这些课程利用移动计算技术在一个学生可以接触到的平台上将基本的计算概念语境化、激发和演示。这三门课程采用主动学习的教学方法，吸引和鼓励学生获得核心计算原理，同时获得与移动技术相关的市场技术技能。其次，它创造了服务学习的机会、课外活动和实习职位，学生可以在其中将移动技术技能应用于行业项目，并向更大的社区展示他们的工作。这些努力的高潮创造了课堂内外教学之间的协同作用，平衡了基本计算技能的获得和所需行业技术技能的获得。