Women in CS: Changing the Women or Changing the World?

Johnson, Naomi; Garcia, Jonathon; Seppi, Kevin

doi:10.1109/fie43999.2019.9028562

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“…There have also been reviews ( [13], [14]) that highlighted the use of virtual reality in education. More recently, there are also reviews ( [15], [16] ) that discussed the prevalent gender gap in computer science and virtual realitybased research. However, there is a relative paucity of reviews that explored the possibility of utilizing immersive games to increase female participation in the field of computer science.…”

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Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

Wee¹,

Yap²

2021

IJACSA

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This paper provides a review of the current state of the gender gap in computer science and highlights how immersive games can mitigate this issue. Game-based learning (GBL) applications have been shown to successfully incite motivation in students and increase learning efficiency in both formal and non-formal educational settings. With the rise of GBL, researchers have also used virtual reality to provide pupils with a more immersive learning experience. Both GBL and virtual reality techniques are also used for computer programming education. However, there is a paucity of applications that utilize these techniques to incite interest in computer science from a female perspective. This is a cause for concern as immersive games have been proven to be capable of inciting affective motivation and fostering positive attitudes towards specific subjects. Hence, this review summarises the benefits and limitations of GBL and virtual reality; how males and females respond to certain game elements; and suggestions to aid in the development of immersive games to increase female participation in the field of computer science.

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Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

Wee¹,

Yap²

2021

IJACSA

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Inclusion of women to ICT engineering – lessons learned

Lagesen

Pettersen

Berg

2021

European Journal of Engineering Education

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State-of-the-Art Review on Current Approaches to Female Inclusiveness in Software Engineering and Computer Science in Higher Education

Kovaleva,

Kasurinen,

Kindsiko

et al. 2024

IEEE Access

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Software engineering (SE) and computer science (CS) programs in universities worldwide are marked by a gender gap, which subsequently translates into a gender gap at the industry level. However, there are positive activities that can help attract more women to these male-dominant professions. This study maps the literature related to the achievement of gender balance in SE and CS university-level education and identifies future research directions. More specifically, this article reports on a systematic mapping study of female-inclusive SE and CS tertiary education programs. The authors collected 882 publications between 2015 and 2022 from five databases (ACM, IEEE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct), selecting 143 peer-reviewed papers for further analysis. The results showed that the main academic contributors were researchers from the USA. The majority of the publications contained observations and explanations regarding the gender gap in computing education. However, an important part of the literature considered proposals and practical activities for achieving gender balance in SE and CS programs. Finally, the authors classified the literature related to female-inclusive SE and CS tertiary education programs, identified the main research focuses and regional distribution, and considered ideas for future research.

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Women in CS: Changing the Women or Changing the World?

Cited by 4 publications

References 64 publications

Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

Inclusion of women to ICT engineering – lessons learned

State-of-the-Art Review on Current Approaches to Female Inclusiveness in Software Engineering and Computer Science in Higher Education

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