Envisioning Workshops for Computing in Undergraduate Education

西北大学与普渡大学和科罗拉多大学合作，提出了一系列关于本科教育中计算的三个设想研讨会，目的是引发一场关于计算在本科教育中的作用的全国性对话。最近，计算机科学(CS)课程的非专业注册人数激增--即使是相对较高的课程--对许多提供为传统CS专业设计的课程的院系来说，这是一个挑战，而且他们在课程和课程上与其他学科的教师合作的经验可能有限。这些研讨会将开启一场大规模的讨论，讨论计算机和计算机科学在非计算学科中的作用，以及计算机科学部门如何开发新的跨学科途径和课程，以更好地满足不断增长和日益多样化的学生群体的教育需求，以学习更多关于计算机和计算机科学的知识。这样的全国性对话有可能：--向各部门展示前进的道路和参与的模式；已经做了什么，什么正在发挥作用？--火花研究，可以帮助解决这一挑战。--创建有助于指导各部门和机构的建议，甚至模板。--为努力和结果提供可信度。具体地说，讲习班的目的是以更具体和更可行的方式开始了解将计算机纳入大学和学院学位途径的一般挑战的进程。与会者将来自为不同学生群体提供服务的广泛机构，包括CS和其他教职员工。研讨会预计将在CS研究和教育社区以及基于其他学科的利益相关者社区内产生更大的一致性，导致更好地了解挑战，以及如何更全面和更有效地解决这些挑战。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Northwestern University, partnering with Purdue University and the University of Colorado, proposes a series of three Envisioning Workshops for Computing in Undergraduate Education with the goal of sparking a national dialog about the role of computing in undergraduate education. The recent surge in non-major enrollments in Computer Science (CS) courses -- even relatively advanced courses -- has been challenging for many departments that offer curricula designed for traditional CS majors, and that may have limited experience working with faculty in other disciplines on curricula and courses. These workshops will open a large-scale discussion on the role of computing and CS in non-computing disciplines, and on how CS departments can develop new interdisciplinary pathways and curricula to better meet the educational needs of the growing and increasingly diverse student body open to learn more about computing and CS.Such a national dialog has the potential to: -- Show departments a way forward and models for engagement; what is already being done, and what is working? -- Spark research that can help address the challenge. -- Create recommendations, and even templates, that will help guide departments and institutions. -- Provide credibility to the effort and the resulting outcomes.Specifically, the workshops will be aimed at beginning the process of understanding, in more specific and more actionable ways, the general challenge of incorporating computing into degree pathways across universities and colleges. Attendees will be drawn from a wide range of institutions serving diverse student populations, and include both CS and other faculty. The workshops are expected to produce a greater alignment within the CS research and educational community, and stakeholder communities based in other disciplines, leading to a better understanding of the challenges, and how they might be addressed more comprehensively and more effectively.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.