RAPID: Learning from the Development of an On-Line CS Degree

美国劳工和统计局预计，到2018年，科学和工程领域每4个新工作岗位中就有3个将在计算机领域。这相当于在2008年至2018年的时间跨度内，计算领域有近100万个工作岗位。与此同时，全国每年计算机科学和工程专业的毕业生约为1.5万人，远远不能满足未来的工作需求。弥合这一差距的一个解决方案是专注于为未充分就业和失业的毕业生创造机会，使他们的技能与计算机领域存在的机会相匹配。俄勒冈州立大学最近宣布了一项新计划。他们正在推出一项新的在线计算机科学学士学位课程，学生可以在短短一年内获得第二个理学学士学位，而无需搬迁。这个学位课程的发展过程已经提出了许多新的挑战。当程序转向更远程的交付格式时，这些主题和其他主题都是常见的。这个团队打算记录下他们开发这个项目的过程。团队将记录所采取的步骤，哪些有效，哪些无效。随着在线教育在全国范围内兴起，并逐渐成为主流，从一个项目中吸取经验教训可以帮助其他人进入这种新的教育模式。

The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that 3 out of every 4 new jobs in science and engineering will be in computing fields through 2018. This corresponds to nearly 1,000,000 jobs in computing over the 2008-2018 time span. Meanwhile, the number of computer science and engineering graduates nationally is approximately 15,000 each year - falling well short of the future job needs. One solution to bridging this gap is to focus on creating opportunities for the underemployed and unemployed graduates to align their skills to opportunities that exist in computing. Oregon State University recently announced a new program to do exactly that. They are launching a new on-line post baccalaureate degree in Computer Science where students can earn a second Bachelor of Science degree in as short as one year without relocating. The process of developing this degree program has already presented many new challenges. These topics and others are common to programs as they move to more remote delivery formats. The team intends to capture its journey developing this program. The team will capture the steps taken, what worked and what did not. As on-line education is taking off nationally and becoming more mainstream, capturing lessons learned from one program can help inform others as they move into this new paradigm of education.