Conference to Explore Mechanisms to Gather Annual Feedback from Computing Professionals for Continuous Improvement of Computer Science Curricula

该项目旨在通过为计算机科学部门提供来自计算专业人员的系统，可靠，可操作的反馈来服务于国家利益。这种反馈将有助于在全国范围内制定和完善计算机课程。 它也有价值的机构决策有关的资金计算程序，以及对计算机科学教育的研究。 该项目将召集计算机科学教育的主要利益攸关方的初始小组。 这些利益相关者包括来自学院和大学的专家，主要雇主和专业组织，如工程和技术委员会，计算机械协会，信息系统协会和电气和电子工程师协会，计算机协会。 讲习班将侧重于调查设计、试点、最终部署和长期可持续性。 这个多年项目的长期愿景是在全国范围内对行业专业人员进行调查，以收集反馈，使计算学科能够不断适应不断变化的技术和社会需求。该项目旨在通过组织和举办一次有主要利益攸关方群体专家参加的讲习班，迈出实现这一愿景的第一步。 与会者将计划和开发创建一个全面的全国计算机专业人员调查所需的过程。讲习班与会者将审议的问题包括：调查专题、调查设计、外联、响应、操作细节、长期可持续性、严格分析以及学术界的接受程度。与会者的一个核心小组将把讲习班的成果提炼出来，用于随后发起全国调查的工作。该项目由NSF改善本科STEM教育计划：教育和人力资源支持。 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。该项目是在学生学习的轨道，通过该计划支持的创建，探索和实施有前途的做法和工具。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This project aims to serve the national interest by providing computer science departments with systematic, reliable, actionable feedback from computing professionals. Such feedback will be useful for developing and refining computing curricula nationwide. It also has value for making institutional decisions about funding of computing programs, as well as for research on computer science education. The project will assemble an initial group of key stakeholders in computer science education. These stakeholders include experts from colleges and universities, major employers, and professional organizations such as Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Information Systems, and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Computer Society. The workshop will focus on survey design, piloting, eventual deployment, and long-term sustainability. The long-term vision of this multi-year project is to develop a nationwide survey of industry professionals to gather feedback that will enable the computing disciplines to continually adapt to changing technical and societal needs. The project aims to launch the first step in achieving this vision by organizing and conducting a workshop with experts from key stakeholder groups. The conference participants will plan and develop the processes needed to create a comprehensive national survey of computing professionals. The workshop participants will consider issues such as: survey topics, survey design, outreach, responsiveness, operational details, long-term sustainability, rigorous analysis, and acceptance in academia. A core group of the participants will distill the workshop outcomes into a subsequent effort to launch the national survey. This project is supported by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program: Education and Human Resources. The IUSE: EHR program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. This project is in the Engaged Student Learning track, through which 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.