Designing to Overcome the Asymmetry Problem in Computer and Information Science Service Learning

在NSF改进本科STEM教育计划：教育和人力资源（IUSE：EHR）的支持下，该项目旨在通过使计算机科学教育工作者提供更有价值的服务学习体验来服务于国家利益。服务学习是一种真实的教育体验，学生在学习内容知识，专业技能和批判性思维的同时为社区合作伙伴提供服务。服务学习还可以塑造学生的专业身份，同时提高沟通技巧，同情心和公民意识。虽然所有这些一般结果与计算机和信息科学的教育和认证目标相一致，但很少有实证研究来了解这些学科的教学设计选择，以最大限度地提高学生，教育工作者或社区合作伙伴的利益。在许多情况下，社区合作伙伴的需求在计算机和信息科学服务学习中被最小化，损害了社区关系和学生学习。这一“探索与设计”学生学习课程分层项目旨在研究计算机和信息科学服务学习对学生、教育工作者和社区合作伙伴的各种好处。该项目旨在确定课程设计的最佳原则，以公平地平衡各利益攸关方的利益，并共同设计一套课程和教学资源，以支持教育工作者提供更有价值的服务学习经验。计算机和信息科学服务学习课程往往强调学生的成果超过社区合作伙伴的成果，限制了学生和社区的利益。该项目的目标是为设计课程开发资源，更公平地平衡各利益攸关方的利益。这项研究将在一个混合方法的研究设计，将分析通过调查，文件分析和访谈收集的数据，以获得从教育工作者，学生，管理人员和社区利益相关者的角度对计算机和信息科学服务学习的意图，成本和效益的深入了解三角。项目小组将把初步研究结果纳入参与式设计讲习班、课程资源的设计和试点课程。这些资源的公开可用的存储库，广泛宣传，旨在使计算机和信息科学教育工作者创建服务的学习经验，最大限度地为学生，教育工作者和社区合作伙伴的利益。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR), this project aims to serve the national interest by enabling computer science educators to deliver more valuable service learning experiences. Service learning is an authentic educational experience in which students provide service to a community partner while learning content knowledge, professional skills, and critical thinking. Service learning can also shape the professional identities of students, while improving communication skills, empathy, and civic awareness. Though all of these general outcomes align with educational and accreditation goals in computer and information science, very little empirical research has been conducted to understand instructional design choices in these disciplines that maximize benefits for students, educators, or community partners. In many cases, the needs of community partners are minimized in computer and information science service learning to the detriment of community relationships and student learning. This Engaged Student Learning track Exploration and Design tier project is designed to study the various benefits of service learning in computer and information science to students, educators, and community partners. The project aims to identify best principles in curriculum design for equitably balancing benefits across stakeholders and to co-design a suite of curricular and instructional resources to support educators in delivering more valuable service learning experiences. Computer and information science service learning courses often emphasize student outcomes over community partner outcomes, limiting benefits to both students and communities. The goal of this project is to develop resources for designing curriculum that more equitably balances benefits across stakeholders. This research will triangulate across a mixed-methods research design that will analyze data gathered through surveys, document analyses and interviews to gain a deep understanding of the intentions, costs, and benefits of computer and information science service learning from the viewpoint of educators, students, administrators, and community stakeholders. The project team will incorporate initial research findings into participatory design workshops, the design of curricular resources, and pilot course offerings. A publicly available repository of these resources, broadly advertised, is designed to enable computer and information science educators to create service learning experiences that maximize benefits for students, educators, and community partners. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.