Collaborative Research: Computing in the Arts - A Community-Building Initiative

该项目解决了21世纪技术社会的一个公认需求--扩大对计算机教育的参与。该项目正在通过建立一个全国性的教育工作者社区来改变STEM教育，他们教学生将艺术的创造力和设计与计算机科学、技术和工程的数学严谨和形式化相结合。艺术计算(CITA)模型课程包括50个小时的计算课程、艺术课程和综合课程。CITA的毕业生接受创造、设计和编码新创意工具的教育。从当代音乐、艺术和戏剧制作，到新形式的动画和数字媒体，到未来计算机的视觉和音频系统，再到革命性的网络应用，CITA为学生在信息和艺术经济中从事富有成效的综合职业做好准备。CITA模式最大限度地重用了现有的课程和教师专业知识，从而促进了适应。在这个合作项目中，CITA模式已经在牵头机构成功实施，目前有46个专业(增加22%)，主要来自服务不足的人群-对艺术感兴趣的学生。该项目专注于传播-成功和与合作机构的其他补充方法的综合，以建立一个强大的、多元化的教育工作者社区，有兴趣采用和进一步开发创新的CITA教学材料。这个社区是通过三个教师研讨会、计算机科学教育年度会议的特别会议和一个教学材料网站建立起来的。评估计划涉及一名独立评估员以及评估(A)蓬勃发展的CITA社区的形成、(B)传播努力以及(C)对STEM教育转型的影响的各种定量和定性结果。

This project addresses a recognized need of the 21st century technological society - broadening participation in computing education. The project is transforming STEM education by building a nationwide community of educators, who are teaching students to synthesize the creativity and design of art with the mathematical rigor and formality of computer science, technology, and engineering.The Computing in the Arts (CITA) model curriculum consists of 50 hours of computing courses, arts courses, and synthesis courses. Graduates of CITA are educated to create, design, and code new creativity tools. From contemporary music, art and theater production, to new forms of animation and digital media, to the visual and audio systems of tomorrow's computers, to revolutionary web applications, CITA prepares students for productive and integrated careers in the information and arts economies. The CITA model maximizes reuse of existing courses and faculty expertise, and thus facilitates adaptation. In this collaborative project the CITA model has already been successfully implemented at the lead institution, where there are currently 46 majors (a 22% increase), mainly from an underserved population - students interested in the arts.This project focuses on dissemination - successes and synthesis with other complementary approaches with partner institutions to build a strong, diversified community of educators interested in adopting and further developing innovative CITA instructional materials. This community is being forged through three faculty workshops, special sessions at the annual conference for Computer Science Education, and a website of pedagogical materials. The evaluation plan involves an independent evaluator, and various quantitative and qualitative outcomes that assess (a) the formation of a thriving CITA community, (b) dissemination efforts, and (c) the impact on transforming STEM education.