Engaging Howard University Computer Science Students in Interactive Human-Centered Computing Infused Curricula

历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生方案通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学教育和研究，为设计、实施、研究和评估旨在增加学生人数及其准备质量的努力提供支持。霍华德大学的这个项目提供了一种战略方法，为课程和研究注入交互式的、以人为本的计算元素，以吸引和激发学生对计算机科学的兴趣，目标是增加计算机科学毕业生的数量。本科生作为研究人员参与该项目。这个为期一年的试点项目旨在重新设计计算机科学本科课程中的游戏设计入门课程和人机交互入门课程，其中包括混合现实的学习模块，包括虚拟现实和增强现实;沿着用户体验设计和人机交互基础。 这些课程将让学生接触到交互式计算元素使用积极的，基于项目的学习。 该项目将使用定性和定量措施研究这种干预措施的效力。该项目将由形成性和总结性评估指导。该项目由计算机和信息科学与工程局的信息和智能系统部门共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program provides support to design, implement, study and assess efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This project at Howard University provides a strategic approach to infuse courses and research with interactive, human-centered computing elements to engage and excite students about computer science with the goal to increase the number of computer science graduates. Undergraduate students are involved in this project as researchers. This one-year pilot project seeks to redesign the Introduction to Game Design course and Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction course in the computer science undergraduate curriculum with learning modules in mixed reality, including virtual reality and augmented reality; along with user experience design and fundamentals of human-computer interaction. These courses will give students exposure to interactive computing elements using active, project-based learning. The project will study the efficacy of this intervention using qualitative and quantitative measures. The project will be guided by formative and summative evaluation.This project is co-funded by the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.