EBP: The Digital NEST: Building Pathways to Computing Education and Careers for Latino/a Youth

EBP：数字巢：为拉丁裔/青少年构建计算机教育和职业道路

• 批准号: 1543001
• 负责人: Jill Denner
• 金额: $ 59.86万
• 依托单位: ETR Associates
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1543001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EBP; Digital; NEST; Building; Pathways

This work examines the extent to which community-based technology centers that incorporate open educational resources can provide the educational structure needed to motivate and prepare underserved high school students, particularly Latino/a students in rural communities, for careers in computer science (CS). Community centers are uniquely positioned to provide access to relevant technology and instruction, scaffolding for CS learning, and a network of support, but there is little research on how to optimize their impact for youth that are poorly served by their local school systems. This project will lead to a model for other community technology centers to build educational and career pathways by leveraging online resources, linking them to national CS standards as well as local industry needs and supporting that learning with effective mentorship. It will result in a set of recommended strategies that informal education centers can use to effectively deliver and complement formal school-based CS education.This is a partnership between a research organization, ETR Associates and the Digital NEST, a community technology center that serves Latino/a high school students. The work examines the efficacy of a suite of educational techniques tailored specifically for CS education in informal settings. The pedagogical component focuses on the effective use of badges as motivational learning devices through the development of digital credentials. Students will engage in hybrid online CS courses aligned with CSTA K-12 CS standards. In the process, this work assesses the social and motivational factors that affect engagement and retention in CS education in community-based informal settings. Given that less than a quarter of all high schools in the United States offer formal computing education, this research is positioned to address the growing need for CS education in informal settings and particularly students in rural settings.

这项工作研究了将开放教育资源纳入的基于社区的技术中心可以为计算机科学（CS）的职业提供激励和准备不足的高中生，尤其是拉丁裔/农村社区的学生所需的教育结构。 社区中心的独特位置可以提供相关技术和指导，CS学习的脚手架以及支持网络的访问，但是几乎没有研究如何优化其对当地学校系统服务不佳的年轻人的影响。 该项目将通过利用在线资源，将其链接到国家CS标准以及本地行业需求，并通过有效的指导来支持该学习，从而为其他社区技术中心提供一个模型，以建立教育和职业道路。这将导致一系列推荐的策略，非正式教育中心可以用来有效地提供和补充正式的基于学校的CS教育。这是研究组织，ETR Associates和Digital Nest的合作伙伴关系，该组织是一个为拉丁裔/高中生服务的社区技术中心。这项工作研究了专门针对非正式环境中CS教育量身定制的一套教育技术的功效。教学成分专注于通过开发数字证书的有效利用徽章作为动机学习设备。 学生将参加与CSTA K-12 CS标准一致的混合在线CS课程。 在此过程中，这项工作评估了影响基于社区的非正式环境中CS教育的参与和保留的社会和动机因素。 鉴于美国所有高中不到四分之一提供了正规的计算教育，因此这项研究的定位是满足在非正式环境中，尤其是在农村环境中的学生对CS教育的日益增长的需求。