Trinity Christian College Association

CARES ACT HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, 50% INSTITUTIONAL ALLOCATION

CARES ACT HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, 50% DIRECT-TO-STUDENT ALLOCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRANSFORMING COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM DESIGN AT LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY HELPING COMPUTER SCIENCE (CS) DEPARTMENTS DEVELOP OR UPDATE UNDERGRADUATE CS MAJORS TO MEET EVOLVING STUDENT NEEDS WHILE BALANCING INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CS CURRICULA WITH LOCAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES. THIS LEVEL 1 INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION PROJECT INCLUDES PLANS TO DEPLOY, TEST, AND REVISE A STRUCTURED, FACILITATED PROCESS FOR FACULTY AT LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS TO USE WHEN REVIEWING AND REVISING UNDERGRADUATE CS CURRICULA. LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EDUCATING THE NATION'S STEM WORKFORCE, WITH ROUGHLY A THIRD OF CS MAJORS EACH YEAR GRADUATING FROM LIBERAL ARTS AND PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS. THESE PROGRAMS OFTEN PRIORITIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER COMPUTING LITERACY ACROSS THE STUDENT BODY AND PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO SWITCH INTO OR ADD CS MAJORS TO THEIR DEGREE DURING THEIR SOPHOMORE OR JUNIOR YEAR, ALLOWING THEM TO RECRUIT STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT ENTER COLLEGE WITH AN INTENT TO STUDY COMPUTING. CS CURRICULA REQUIRE REGULAR REVISION TO RESPOND TO NEW ADVANCES IN THE DISCIPLINE, SUCH AS GENERATIVE AI AND QUANTUM COMPUTING, CHANGING NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS, AND SHIFTS IN THE INTERESTS, PREPARATION, AND CAREER GOALS OF STUDENTS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND HOW BEST TO DEVELOP FACULTY CAPACITY FOR CURRICULUM INNOVATION AND ENCOURAGE CS DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP ADAPTIVE, EFFECTIVE, MISSION-ALIGNED CURRICULA THAT CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADLY PREPARED COMPUTING WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT PLANS TO GUIDE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH A BACKWARD DESIGN PROCESS FOR CURRICULUM REVISION IN WHICH THE DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMMATIC MISSION AND GOALS DRIVE THE LATER DECISION-MAKING ABOUT PROGRAM OUTCOMES, CURRICULUM STRUCTURE, AND SELECTION OF CORE AND ELECTIVE CONTENT. THIS PROCESS IS GROUNDED IN THE CURRICULUM DESIGN LITERATURE AND DESIGNED TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDELINES. THE PROJECT AIMS TO SHOW THAT SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF THIS PROCESS WILL RESULT IN LIBERAL ARTS CS PROGRAMS THAT ARE (1) PREPARED AND INCLINED TO REGULARLY UPDATE THEIR CURRICULA TO RESPOND TO CHANGES IN THE DISCIPLINE AND THEIR OPERATING CONTEXT, (2) EQUIPPED TO DO SO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND (3) ABLE TO DO SO IN A MANNER THAT RESULTS IN DISTINCTIVE, INSTITUTIONALLY ALIGNED, AND INNOVATIVE CURRICULA THAT RESPOND TO ADVANCES IN THE DISCIPLINE AND EMPLOYER NEEDS. DEPARTMENTS WILL BE RECRUITED TO PARTICIPATE IN FACILITATED WORKING GROUPS AND COMPLETE THE CURRICULUM REVIEW PROCESS. BOTH SINGLE-DEPARTMENT AND COHORT-BASED WORKING GROUP MODALITIES WILL BE TESTED. THE PROJECT WILL STUDY THE EFFICACY OF THIS PROCESS THROUGH THREE KEY MEASURES: CURRICULUM INNOVATION AND ALIGNMENT, FACULTY ENGAGEMENT AND EFFICACY IN CURRICULUM DESIGN, AND LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR ONGOING PROGRAM REVISION. EVALUATION STRATEGIES INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF REVISED CURRICULA AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION, PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK THROUGH SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS, AND LONGITUDINAL DATA ON PROGRAM CHANGE. THESE INVESTIGATIONS WILL ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL USE OF THE PROCESS AND PREPARE FOR BROADER DEPLOYMENT AND LONG-TERM SYSTEMIC CHANGE. THE NSF IUSE:EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION ACROSS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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WORKSHOP ON DATA SCIENCE FOR GOOD IN EDUCATION -THIS WORKSHOP AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY IMPROVING THE PREPARATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF EDUCATORS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE INCLUSION OF PRACTICAL SOCIAL GOOD PROJECTS WITHIN DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INDICATES THAT STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS THAT PROMOTE OR EXPLORE MEANINGFUL SOCIAL IMPACTS ARE RETAINED BETTER AND ACHIEVE HIGHER CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO EMBED SUCH SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS AS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF HOW DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION IS CONDUCTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BY FOCUSING ON THE NEW, AND QUICKLY EVOLVING, DISCIPLINE OF DATA SCIENCE THE PROJECT SEEKS TO PREVENT MANY OF THE PITFALLS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN OTHER STEM DISCIPLINES IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY OF PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS. THIS WORKSHOP SPECIFICALLY TARGETS BUILDING THE COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS BY CREATING A NETWORK FOR THEIR CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES IMPROVING THEIR ACTIVE CLASSROOM TEACHING SKILLS AS RELEVANT TO BOTH DATA SCIENCE AND SUPPORTING STUDENT PROJECTS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTERED AROUND THE DEEP INTEGRATION OF DATA SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL GOOD IN THEIR TEACHING PRACTICES. THE MORNING SESSIONS WILL FEATURE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN DEFINING HOW ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATORS CAN BEST ENGAGE DATA FOR GOOD. TOGETHER PARTICIPANTS WILL WORK TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO FURTHER EMBED THIS WORK ACROSS INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICE. THE AFTERNOON SESSIONS WILL FOCUS ON PARTICIPANT?S INDIVIDUAL SKILLS, EXPERTISE, AND NETWORKS TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN PEDAGOGICAL AND PRACTICAL WORK. A PANEL DISCUSSION OF HOW TO ENGAGE EXPERTS FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TWO HANDS-ON SESSIONS TO DEVELOP HOW-TO GUIDES FOR MORE EFFECTIVELY SOURCING AND SUPPORTING SOCIAL GOOD PROJECTS. THE WORKSHOP WILL CLOSE WITH A RECEPTION AND POSTER-SESSION FOR PARTICIPANTS TO NETWORK AND SEE WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN DOING WITHIN THE REALM OF DATA FOR GOOD. AS PART OF THE ENTIRE DAY, SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR POSTING ON THE ACADEMIC DATA SCIENCE ALLIANCE?S YOUTUBE CHANNEL. CONTRIBUTED POSTERS, SESSION NOTES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION WILL BE ARCHIVED AND SHARED. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH ITS INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION ACROSS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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