Collaborative Research: Computing in the Arts - A Community-Building Initiative

本计划旨在迎合二十一世纪科技社会的需要，即扩大电脑教育的参与。该项目正在通过建立一个全国性的教育工作者社区来改变STEM教育，这些教育工作者正在教授学生将艺术的创造力和设计与计算机科学、技术和工程的数学严谨性和形式结合起来。计算机艺术（CITA）模式课程包括50小时的计算机课程、艺术课程和综合课程。CITA的毕业生将学习如何创建、设计和编写新的创意工具。从当代音乐、艺术和戏剧制作，到新形式的动画和数字媒体，到未来计算机的视听系统，再到革命性的网络应用程序，CITA为学生在信息和艺术经济中从事生产性和综合性的职业做好准备。CITA模式最大限度地重用现有课程和教师专业知识，从而促进适应。在这个合作项目中，CITA模式已经成功地在牵头机构实施，目前有46个专业（增长22%），主要来自服务不足的人群——对艺术感兴趣的学生。这个项目的重点是传播成功，并与伙伴机构的其他互补方法相结合，建立一个强大的、多元化的教育工作者社区，他们对采用和进一步开发创新的CITA教学材料感兴趣。这个社区是通过三个教师研讨会、计算机科学教育年度会议的特别会议和一个教学材料网站形成的。评估计划包括一个独立的评估者，以及各种定量和定性的结果，以评估(a)一个繁荣的CITA社区的形成，(b)传播工作，以及(c)对STEM教育转型的影响。

This project addresses a recognized need of the 21st century technological society - broadening participation in computing education. The project is transforming STEM education by building a nationwide community of educators, who are teaching students to synthesize the creativity and design of art with the mathematical rigor and formality of computer science, technology, and engineering.The Computing in the Arts (CITA) model curriculum consists of 50 hours of computing courses, arts courses, and synthesis courses. Graduates of CITA are educated to create, design, and code new creativity tools. From contemporary music, art and theater production, to new forms of animation and digital media, to the visual and audio systems of tomorrow's computers, to revolutionary web applications, CITA prepares students for productive and integrated careers in the information and arts economies. The CITA model maximizes reuse of existing courses and faculty expertise, and thus facilitates adaptation. In this collaborative project the CITA model has already been successfully implemented at the lead institution, where there are currently 46 majors (a 22% increase), mainly from an underserved population - students interested in the arts.This project focuses on dissemination - successes and synthesis with other complementary approaches with partner institutions to build a strong, diversified community of educators interested in adopting and further developing innovative CITA instructional materials. This community is being forged through three faculty workshops, special sessions at the annual conference for Computer Science Education, and a website of pedagogical materials. The evaluation plan involves an independent evaluator, and various quantitative and qualitative outcomes that assess (a) the formation of a thriving CITA community, (b) dissemination efforts, and (c) the impact on transforming STEM education.