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

在美国国家科学基金会改善本科STEM教育计划：教育与人力资源（IUSE: EHR）的支持下，本项目旨在通过使计算机科学教育者提供更有价值的服务学习经验来服务于国家利益。服务学习是一种真实的教育体验，学生为社区合作伙伴提供服务，同时学习内容知识、专业技能和批判性思维。服务学习还可以塑造学生的职业身份，同时提高沟通技巧、同理心和公民意识。尽管所有这些总体结果与计算机和信息科学的教育和认证目标一致，但很少有实证研究来了解这些学科的教学设计选择，以最大限度地为学生，教育者或社区合作伙伴带来利益。在许多情况下，在计算机和信息科学服务学习中，社区伙伴的需求被最小化，从而损害了社区关系和学生的学习。这个参与学生学习跟踪探索和设计层项目旨在研究计算机和信息科学中服务学习对学生、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相关者的利益，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，而不是社区合作伙伴的成果，限制了学生和社区的利益。该项目的目标是开发设计课程的资源，以更公平地平衡利益相关者之间的利益。本研究将采用混合方法研究设计，分析通过调查、文件分析和访谈收集的数据，从教育者、学生、管理人员和社区利益相关者的角度深入了解计算机和信息科学服务学习的意图、成本和收益。项目团队将把初步研究成果纳入参与式设计工作坊、课程资源设计和试点课程。这些资源的一个公开可用的存储库，广泛宣传，旨在使计算机和信息科学教育者能够创造服务学习体验，最大限度地为学生、教育者和社区合作伙伴带来好处。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。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.