Living In the Living In the KnowlEdge Society KnowlEdge Society (LIKES)(LIKES)North Carolina A & TNorth Carolina A & TSanta Clara UniversitySanta Clara UniversityVillanova UniversityVillanova UniversityVirginia TechVirginia Tech

NSF CPATH: NSF CPATH: CCF-0722259, CCF-0722259, 0722276, 0722276, 0722289, 0722289, and 0752865and 0752865

Fox Intro. for 6th Workshop – Durham, 2/25/2010

CPATHCISE Pathways to Revitalized

Undergraduate Education (CPATH) “to transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale, to meet the challenges and opportunities of a world where computing is essential to U. S. leadership” - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500025&org=CISE

LIKES VisionBuild a community leading the way to change how computing concepts are taught in both computing-related disciplines and the disciplines of the broader workforce and society.

Vision, Goals, ObjectivesVision, Goals, ObjectivesGOALS

• Transform computing education so graduates can help build (systems, services, tools, … for) the knowledge society.

• Establish collaboration between computing educators and all other disciplines to guide the emergence of the knowledge society.

OBJECTIVES• Ensure that all interested undergraduates are

prepared for living in the emerging knowledge society of the 21st Century.

• Spread computational thinking, fundamental CS/IT paradigms, key computing concepts, and ICT application across the knowledge society (and all disciplines).

Overall LIKES ObjectivesOverall LIKES Objectives

Students should have the ability to apply Computing conceptsMethodsComputational thinking skills

to the needs of the emerging knowledge society,

in modern times and in the future

Needs, ChallengesNeeds, Challenges• Collaboration across disciplines driven by

educational needs of the knowledge society.

• Support for computing-related life-long learning as job / work needs/demands shift.

• Educational resources and pedagogical approaches to support needs of learners • in computing disciplines, and • in related inter-disciplinary collaborations.

• Shifting from literacy, to fluency, to deep contextualization of computational thinking.

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Disciplines

KnowledgeSociety

HCIVisualization

KnowledgeManagement

SystemsAnalysis& Design

Programming

Database

Algorithms

ArchitectureNet-Centricity

Intelligent Systems

Social & Ethical

Library /InformationScience

Sociology

Simulation

Commun- ications

PoliticalScience

Archi-tecture

Health-care

Economics

Finance

Psychology

Marketing

Physics

Music

Engi-neering

History

Biology

Art

ChemistryGeography

Math

Geology

English

Applications

KnowledgeSociety

HCIVisualization

KnowledgeManagement

SystemsAnalysis& Design

Programming

Database

Algorithms

ArchitectureNet-Centricity

Intelligent Systems

Social & Ethical

LibraryInformationScience

GIS

Simulation

OnlineShopping

MultiMedia

Semantic Web

CSCW

DigitalGovernment

Healthcare

Services

WorkshopsWorkshops

5th: Virginia Tech, 11/2009 6th: Durham, 2/2010

Challenges IdentifiedChallenges Identified1.Preparing students for scholarship and work in

collaborative environments

2.Information literacy and critical thinking regarding the technology

3.Enticing faculty to incorporate computational thinking and collaborate with each other

4.Limitations in software tools and their use – visualization/simulation for large classes, lack of tools for specific purposes, disconnect between humanity’s needs and the developers of the tools (making usable tools)

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Challenges (continued)Challenges (continued)5. Archiving limitations

6. Lack of research support (e.g., funding, etc.)

7. Deep understanding and ability to match abstractions with problems in various contexts through modeling/using

8. Moving from massive amounts of data to hypothesis generation to testing

9. Spreading LIKES to other disciplines and implementing LIKES process in terms of maintainability (e.g., incorporation of new computing concepts dynamically – supercomputing/grid computing/cloud computing)

Curricular Guideline Curricular Guideline Book: An OverviewBook: An Overview (in (in 2009 CPATH proposal)2009 CPATH proposal)Book Content

Part I. General structure; Computing areas connected most frequently with other disciplines

Parts II-VI. Integration of computational thinking into various areas, disciplines, sub-disciplines

Part VII. Dissemination and broader engagement

Living In the KnowlEdge SocietyVT, NCA&T, SCU,

Villanova

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What did NSF reviewers What did NSF reviewers say?say?Competitive – “awareness of and connection to

related work and current practice”“there is little attention given to actually

implementing the guidelines in actual coursework. There is no evidence that there is a faculty … ready to adopt these CT guidelines …”

“no evidence of substantial buy-in from a broad set of educators”

“none of the CT infusion goals are met”“it would make sense to have the professional

societies of the other disciplines involved …”“As with many "build it and they will use it" type

proposals, there is a question of how validated this work/resource will become.”

Workshop PlansWorkshop Plans

Documents in packet40 min overview by co-PisPerspectives of areas and

disciplinesWork on “book”Planning for proposalsPlanning for publicationsInfrastructure: Wikiversity,

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