INSPIRED Broadening Participation in Computing: Most successful strategies and lessons learned

Doerschuk, Peggy; Liu, Jiangjiang; Mann, Judith

doi:10.1109/fie.2010.5673333

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“…One study, the INSPIRED (Increasing Student Participation in Research Development) Program, collected and analyzed two years of data [21], while the other, Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) Alliance, covered three years [19]. Due to the limited span of time that the studies covered as well as their on undergraduate students rather than K-12 students, details of the studies are not included here.…”

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“…The two remaining papers analyzed outreach activities' impact on undergraduate students, examining engagement, retention, selfefficacy, and several other related factors [19,21]. One study, the INSPIRED (Increasing Student Participation in Research Development) Program, collected and analyzed two years of data [21], while the other, Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) Alliance, covered three years [19].…”

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Does Outreach Impact Choices of Major for Underrepresented Undergraduate Students?

McGill

Decker

Settle

2015

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

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Over the last decade, there has been a concerted effort to bring more diverse voices to the technology field, with much of this being done through outreach activities to girls and boys. Unfortunately, data demonstrating the long-term impact of outreach activities remains rare. To contribute to knowledge on the longitudinal effect of outreach programs, we used a quantitative methodology that followed a descriptive design approach to explore the impact of participation in outreach activities on the choice of undergraduate major. Of those surveyed, 45.3% of the 770 respondents recalled participating in these activities. The results indicate that these activities had a more positive impact on Asians and more negative impact on Hispanics. Blacks/African Americans were more likely to voluntarily participate in outreach activities than Hispanics, and whites were more likely to feel that they were a welcome part of the group than non-whites. The results also may indicate that when outreach programs are available in earlier grades, they are not reaching non-white participants to the same extent as white participants.

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Does Outreach Impact Choices of Major for Underrepresented Undergraduate Students?

McGill

Decker

Settle

2015

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

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“…The study concluded that this approach was valuable for supporting students' personal development. Finally, as an example of a supportive learning community, Doerschuk, Liu and Mann [4] describe a transition program targeted at female computing students with the aim of increasing participation and retention. A study tracking student progress across two cohorts identified a significant increase in course completion rate and retention.…”

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Initiatives to Increase Engagement in First-Year ICT

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Morgan

Sheard

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Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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There is widespread concern about lack of student engagement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) courses and the influence of this on learning outcomes, retention, and the student experience overall. Lack of engagement is particularly concerning for first-year students, who are developing their study behaviours for the remainder of their degree programs. This study seeks to report on the myriad of current initiatives in Australian universities to increase ICT student engagement. This is explored for both in-class teaching innovations and the support structures with which students interface academically and administratively. The study draws upon data collected from interviews of 30 academics involved with the design and delivery of the first-year learning experience of ICT students in 25 Australian universities. Analysis of this data has provided a comprehensive overview of current initiatives to address student engagement. These covered a range of academic and non-academic aspects of the student experience. Our findings highlight the unique challenges that our first-year ICT students face and we recommend areas for further investigation.

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“…Due to their tangible nature, robots and mobile devices have inherent intellectual and emotional qualities that appeal to a diverse array of learners of varying age, gender, or academic interest. Currently, robotics and mobile application development are widely used as a motivational tool to promote STEM disciplines in introductory courses, in summer camps, middle and high schools, as well as entry-level college courses [9,14].…”

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Interdisciplinary connections in a mobile computing and robotics course

Kurkovsky¹

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Innovation &Amp; Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '14

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Using robots and mobile devices in education can serve as a foundation for hands-on studies encompassing many different disciplines including computer and electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, and physics. Educational robots and mobile technology have been shown to be successful in promoting student interest in these and other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines. This paper describes an experience of using robotics and mobile computing in an upper-level Computer Science course. Our discussion focuses on leveraging the inherent symbiosis of these two topics to explore the connections between computing and other disciplines through experiential learning.

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INSPIRED Broadening Participation in Computing: Most successful strategies and lessons learned

Cited by 20 publications

References 5 publications

Does Outreach Impact Choices of Major for Underrepresented Undergraduate Students?

Does Outreach Impact Choices of Major for Underrepresented Undergraduate Students?

Initiatives to Increase Engagement in First-Year ICT

Interdisciplinary connections in a mobile computing and robotics course

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