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L iving I n the K nowl E dge S ociety (LIKES)

ACM SIGCSE 2009 - Chattanooga, TN, USA Panel: Revitalizing Undergraduate Computing Education. L iving I n the K nowl E dge S ociety (LIKES) . Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu), Seungwon Yang, Carlos Evia, Patrick Fan, Steve Sheetz, Christopher Zobel,

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L iving I n the K nowl E dge S ociety (LIKES)

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  1. ACM SIGCSE 2009 - Chattanooga, TN, USA Panel: Revitalizing Undergraduate Computing Education Living In the KnowlEdgeSociety (LIKES) Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu), Seungwon Yang, Carlos Evia, Patrick Fan, Steve Sheetz, Christopher Zobel, Bob Beck, Ed Carr, Wingyan Chung, and Meredith Vallee March 5, 2009

  2. NSF CPATH: CCF-0722259, 0722276, 0722289, and 0752865 Virginia Tech Villanova University Santa Clara University North Carolina A & T

  3. Aim Build 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.

  4. Vision • All college graduates should have the ability to apply • Computing concepts; • Computing methods/systems/software; and • Computational thinking skills to the needs of the emerging knowledge society, in modern times and in the future

  5. Goals • 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.

  6. Disciplines Economics English Marketing Chemistry Geography Political Science Algorithms HCI Geology Visualization Math Database Archi- tecture Social & Ethical Systems Analysis & Design Knowledge Society History Sociology Intelligent Systems Health- care Physics Simulation Programming Knowledge Management Biology Finance Architecture Net-Centricity Music Commun- ications Psychology Engi- neering Library / Information Science Art

  7. Digital Government Algorithms Multi Media HCI Semantic Web Visualization Database Social & Ethical Systems Analysis & Design Knowledge Society GIS Intelligent Systems CSCW Simulation Programming Knowledge Management Healthcare Online Shopping Architecture Net-Centricity Services Library Information Science Applications

  8. Four Workshops • Workshop 1 – Theme: Defining Problems and Applications of the Knowledge Society • Santa Clara University in Dec. 2007 • Workshop 2 – Theme: Testing the LIKES Vision • North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State Univ. in April 2008 • Workshop 3 – Theme: LIKES Pedagogy • Virginia Tech, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2008 • Workshop 4 – Theme: LIKES in Practice • Villanova, March 20-21, 2009 – robert.beck@villanova.edu

  9. Community Development • LinkedIn: LIKES Educators • Facebook: • LIKES • LIKESVT (for VT students) • Second Life: LIKES (anyone) • Sakai (scholar.vt.edu): • LIKES Team (for project team) • LIKES Development (for e-portfolio development) • LIKES introduction (course) • LIKES students (ongoing course) • Supporting Virginia Tech students interested in LIKES:

  10. LIKES Community at Virginia Tech • A cohort of students interested in LIKES • Getting a certificate upon graduation • Supported with a speaker series, online community, and a • “Pathway” through the core curriculum (CLE) • With “Intro to LIKES”, “LIKES capstone”, and, in between: • 12 credit hours of LIKES-Designated Core Courses, that cover: • 1.1 Key concepts related to computing - OR • 1.2 computing-type activities / use of computing systems and software - AND • 2.0 Living in Society • Summarized as: • Computational skills: computational thinking and/or use of computing systems, and • Application of computational skills for societal improvements

  11. LIKES Certificate Program After completing this program, students will get the LIKES Certificate

  12. Future: Rebooting Summit Mission • Develop a national curriculum • Connecting computing with other disciplines • Emphasizing college level • Considering K-12, so computing has greater presence • Building partnerships among disciplines • Preparing a volume like that for CC2001 www.livingknowledgesociety.org, fox@vt.edu

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