Developing a 15-Year Agenda for Computing Education Research

计算机在现代世界的几乎所有方面都发挥着重要作用。 最初，计算机只是少数人使用的专用设备，现在几乎已成为每个领域不可或缺的组成部分，并被各大洲数十亿人使用。 因此，计算教育不再是一个专门领域，只有未来的计算专业人员需要掌握。 相反，计算机教育必须发展，以确保所有学生掌握所需的计算技能，在一个越来越依赖计算的世界中茁壮成长。该项目的目标是促进一个虚拟讲习班，参加者包括学术界和从业人员在内的一系列计算机专业人员。 这些专业人士将探讨影响计算教育的增长和活力的问题和挑战。 他们还将确定战略和解决方案，以帮助应对这些挑战，并确保计算教育满足未来的社会需求。 本次研讨会的结果将提供一个研究议程的关键主题和问题，必须解决的计算教育研究，使国家可以准备一个计算识字的公众以及计算劳动力的未来。该研讨会将促进集体参与计算教育研究的亲和团体之间的讨论，特别针对与准备计算流利的学生，以及建立和增强计算专业人员队伍有关的问题，其中包括研究软件工程师，研究数据科学专业人员，高级网络基础设施系统专业人员等。 其目标是确定挑战领域，讨论和确定潜在的研究方向，并制定一套建议，供国家研究界和供资机构审议。研讨会将探讨如何推进计算教育研究领域，这些领域将为所有学习者提供推进计算教育成果、效率和有效性所需的知识。该项目将产生一份报告，为计算机教育研究议程提出建议，为教育精通计算机的公众和为学习者的计算机职业道路做好准备奠定基础。 完成这一议程预计将支持多样化的计算劳动力的增长，这些劳动力可以跨越传统界限进行协作，并支持计算研究和教育企业。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。通过“学生参与学习”轨道，该计划支持创建、探索和实施有前途的实践和工具。 它也得到了IUSE：CUE计划的支持，该计划旨在重新设想计算在本科教育中的作用，同时继续强调需要更多样化的学生群体从事计算和非计算领域的职业，以及安全和值得信赖的网络空间（SaTC）计划，该计划资助解决网络安全和隐私的提案，在这种情况下特别是网络安全教育。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智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

Computing has an essential role in nearly all aspects of the modern world. Beginning as specialized equipment used by few people, computers are now integral to virtually every field and are used by billions of people across every continent. As a result, computing education is no longer a specialized field that only future computing professionals need to master. Instead, computing education must evolve to ensure that all students master the computing skills needed to thrive in a world that will increasingly depend on computing. The goal of this project is to facilitate a virtual workshop attended by a range of computing professionals, including academics and practitioners. These professionals will explore the problems and challenges affecting the growth and vitality of computing education. They will also identify strategies and solutions to help address these challenges and to ensure that computing education meets future societal needs. The results of this workshop will provide a research agenda of the critical topics and questions that must be addressed by computing education research so that the nation can prepare a computing literate public as well as the computing workforce of the future. The workshop will facilitate a discussion among the affinity groups who collectively participate in computing education research, specifically targeting issues related to preparing students who are computationally fluent, and building and enhancing the computing professional workforce, which includes research software engineers, research data science professionals, advanced cyberinfrastructure systems professionals, and others. The goals will be to identify challenge areas, discuss and identify potential research directions, and develop a set of recommendations for consideration by the national research community and funding agencies. The workshop will explore how to advance the computing education research areas that will produce the knowledge needed to advance computing education’s outcomes, efficiency, and effectiveness for all learners. The project will produce a report with recommendations for a computing education research agenda that will lay the foundation for educating a computing-savvy public and preparing learners for computing career paths. Completing this agenda is expected to support the growth of a diverse computing workforce that can collaborate across traditional boundaries and that supports the computing research and education enterprise. 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. It is also supported by the IUSE:CUE program, which seeks to re-envision the role of computing in undergraduate education while continuing to emphasize the need for more diverse student populations for careers in both computing and non-computing fields, and the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, which funds proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and in this case specifically cybersecurity education.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.