Building BRIDGES Within the Undergraduate Major in Computer Science

在这个项目中，来自北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校的研究人员正在构建一个名为“BRIDGES”的软件基础设施，以改变学生在计算机教育中的体验。该项目的主要目标是提高计算机科学专业学生的保留率，特别是在大二阶段。bridges为使用现实世界的信息系统（如Facebook， Twitter，谷歌Maps等）解决计算机科学中的传统问题提供了实践经验。BRIDGES被整合到两门计算机科学必修课程中，即大四的顶点课程和大二的数据结构和算法课程，从而形成了一座大四到大二的桥梁。这些课程的大二和大四学生将在联合实验中合作，利用和创建BRIDGES基础设施的新扩展，以支持数据结构编程作业。二年级学生将作为高年级学生创建的新工具和数据集的客户，并在他们的课程编程作业中使用它们。通过这种方式，BRIDGES将通过与大二学生和大四学生合作，建立一个更紧密联系的学生群体，这将提高学生的留存率和参与度。BRIDGES正在使用开源和网络技术建立，促进了传播的便捷性。将举行两次关于BRIDGES系统的讲习班，涉及来自地区学院和高中的教育工作者，包括少数民族和代表性不足的机构。另一个讲习班将与一个主要的教育会议联系在一起。STARS联盟（一个由美国国家科学基金会资助的扩大计算机参与联盟）的学生将获得学习材料和基础设施，以纳入他们的推广和教学活动。

In this project, investigators from UNC Charlotte are building a softwareinfrastructure named ``BRIDGES" (Bridging Real-world InfrastructureDesigned to Goal-align, Engage and Stimulate) to transform studentexperiences in computing education. The primary goal of the project is toimprove retention of CS majors, especially at the sophomore level. BRIDGESfacilitates a hands-on experience for solving traditional problems in computerscience using real-world information systems, such as Facebook, Twitter,Google Maps, etc. BRIDGES is being integrated into two computer sciencerequired courses, the senior capstone course and the sophomore leveldata structures and algorithms course, enabling a senior-sophomore bridge.Sophomore and senior students in these courses will partner in joint labsessions to utilize and create new extensions to the BRIDGES infrastructureto support data structures programming assignments. Sophomores will act ascustomers for the new tools and data sets created by seniors and use them intheir course programming assignments. In this manner, BRIDGES will create amore connected student body by partnering sophomores and seniors, whichshould lead to improved student retention and engagement. BRIDGES isbeing built using open source and web technologies, promoting easydissemination. Two workshops on the BRIDGES system will be held,involving educators from regional colleges and high schools, includingminority and underrepresented institutions. An additional workshop will beheld associated with a major education conference. Students from the STARS Alliance (an NSF funded Broadening Participation in Computing consortium) will be given access to the learning materials and infrastructure to incorporate into their outreach and teaching activities.