Embedding Equitable Design through Undergraduate Computing Curricula

将公平设计纳入本科计算机课程

• 批准号: 2042341
• 负责人: Patricia Morreale
• 金额: $ 13.05万
• 依托单位: Kean University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2042341&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Embedding; Equitable; Design; through; Undergraduate

This project aims to serve the national interest by investigating a new approach to teaching computer science (CS) that fosters inclusive and equitable practices. The structure of a typical undergraduate computer science degree program has changed little in decades. The curricula rarely include courses like CS ethics or usability that teach CS students how systems affect people and society. When such courses are included, they are largely disconnected from the rest of the CS degree. As a result, students entering the workforce tend to design software that is highly inequitable for large portions of the intended users of that software. This project will investigate a new approach to teaching CS that embeds equitable software design into computing courses throughout all four years of the undergraduate CS curriculum. The new approach does not require large changes to the curriculum, but instead integrates equity and inclusion into the CS work the students are already doing. Through the participation of three universities, over 20 faculty, and over 6000 students, this project will investigate the effectiveness, sustainability, and impact of the new approach.This project is based on the foundations of equitable design methods. The expected results of this project will include new course materials to support transforming an existing CS curriculum to one that embeds equitable design, and professional development for faculty to foster success at embedding equitable software design into their courses. Research questions that will be investigated as part of this work will generate knowledge that will allow CS teachers to better understand the impacts of the changes on the ability of students to create high-quality software that is equitable, the impacts on the culture in computing classes and majors, and the feasibility of the approach across several different educational settings. 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.

该项目旨在通过调查一种培养包容性和公平实践的计算机科学（CS）的新方法来为国家利益提供服务。几十年来，典型的本科计算机科学学位课程的结构几乎没有改变。该课程很少包括CS伦理或可用性等课程，这些课程教会CS学生如何影响人员和社会。当包括此类课程时，它们在很大程度上与CS学位的其余部分断开了连接。结果，进入劳动力的学生倾向于设计该软件，对于该软件的大部分用户而言，这是非常不平等的。该项目将研究一种新的教学方法，该方法将公平的软件设计嵌入到本科CS课程的所有四年中。新方法不需要对课程进行大规模的更改，而是将公平性并包含在CS工作中。通过三所大学的参与，有20多名教师和6000多名学生，该项目将研究新方法的有效性，可持续性和影响。该项目基于公平设计方法的基础。该项目的预期结果将包括新的课程材料，以支持将现有的CS课程转换为嵌入公平设计的一个课程，并为教师的专业发展提供了将公平的软件设计嵌入其课程中的成功的专业发展。将作为这项工作的一部分进行调查的研究问题将产生知识，这将使CS教师能够更好地理解学生创建公平能力的变化的影响，这对计算机和专业的文化产生的影响以及在几种不同的教育环境中对方法的影响以及方法的可行性。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。

项目成果

Inclusivity Bugs in Online Courseware: A Field Study

在线课件中的包容性错误：实地研究

• DOI: 10.1145/3501385.3543973
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
• 作者: Chatterjee, Amreeta;Letaw, Lara;Garcia, Rosalinda;Reddy, Doshna Umma;Choudhuri, Rudrajit;Kumar, Sabyatha Sathish;Morreale, Patricia;Sarma, Anita;Burnett, Margaret
• 通讯作者: Burnett, Margaret

From Workshops to Classrooms: Faculty Experiences with Implementing Inclusive Design Principles

从研讨会到课堂：教师实施包容性设计原则的经验

• DOI: 10.1145/3626252.3630861
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2024
• 作者: Patel, Pankati;Moz-Ruiz, Dahana;Garcia, Rosalinda;Chatterjee, Amreeta;Morreale, Patricia;Burnett, Margaret
• 通讯作者: Burnett, Margaret

“Regular” CS x Inclusive Design = Smarter Students and Greater Diversity

– 常规 – CS x 包容性设计 = 更聪明的学生和更大的多样性

• DOI: 10.1145/3603535
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ACM Transactions on Computing Education
• 影响因子: 2.4
• 作者: Garcia, Rosalinda;Morreale, Patricia;Letaw, Lara;Chatterjee, Amreeta;Patel, Pankati;Yang, Sarah;Escobar, Isaac Tijerina;Noa, Geraldine Jimena;Burnett, Margaret
• 通讯作者: Burnett, Margaret