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Computer & Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE) National Science Foundation (NSF)

Computer & Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE) National Science Foundation (NSF). CPATH CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education. Outline. Motivations for CPATH Vision for CPATH Goals and Objectives for CPATH CPATH Project Type Details

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Computer & Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE) National Science Foundation (NSF)

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  1. Computer & Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE)National Science Foundation (NSF) CPATH CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education

  2. Outline • Motivations for CPATH • Vision for CPATH • Goals and Objectives for CPATH • CPATH Project Type Details • Funding and Award Levels for CPATH • Submission Limitations for CPATH • CPATH Review Criteria • Encouraged/Discouraged Project Characteristics • Related NSF Programs • Deadline • Points of Contact CPATH Overview

  3. A CISE challenge “Transform undergraduate computing educationon a national scale.” Why? “It is essential to U.S. leadership and economic competitiveness across all sectors of society.” CPATH Overview

  4. Motivations for CPATH • Needs of the U.S. workforce • Changes in national demographics • Shifts in global competitiveness • Movement towards multidisciplinary domains of knowledge in computing applications • Integrative nature of the field within the discipline and across other domains of knowledge • Future challenges CPATH Overview

  5. Goals and Objectives of CPATH • Help create a diverse, agile workforce • Nurture a workforce capable of leadership in the global innovative enterprise • Build awareness of the strategic importance of undergraduate computing education • Implement new models for undergraduate computing education • Capitalize upon changing workforce demographics CPATH Overview

  6. Goals and Objectives for CPATH (continued) • Engage national leaders • Nurture computing education leaders • Promote the formation of partnerships • Empower transformation of undergraduate computing education • Promote supporting organizational change CPATH Overview

  7. Overview of Four Types of of CPATH Projects Some details … CPATH Overview

  8. Community Building Projects • Bring stakeholders together to develop a broadly shared vision and transformation strategies for undergraduate computing education • Encourage strategies at regional and/or national levels and across institution types • Build communities and plan activities for transformation implementations CPATH Overview

  9. Planning Grants CB awards may support planning activities intended to prepare for subsequent EAE and T proposals Examples of such activities might include: • Community building work necessary to prepare for a multi-institutional effort • Cross-disciplinary team building leading to design of an interdisciplinary curriculum model • Development of innovative models based on community interactions • Pilot testing of such new models CPATH Overview

  10. CISE Distinguished Education Fellow Projects • Recognized leader • Innovative action project • Community support and community building • Advocacy for undergraduate computing education • Prestige of CDEF award and designation within department, institution and broader community CPATH Overview

  11. Evaluation, Adoption, and Extension Projects • Adopt and/or adapt promising models • Evaluate impacts of new models • Expand scope of ongoing efforts • Engage broader community of institutions to demonstrate potential of innovative models • Disseminate lessons learned CPATH Overview

  12. Transformation Projects • Support innovative approaches now underway across units and institutions; include community building • Involve a focus broader than curriculum building and create sustainable change • Potentially: • Blur traditional boundaries in academic institutions • Develop industry and international partnerships Single institution T grants must engage multiple academic units or disciplines   T awards can also support the work of multiple institutions implementing common or related models CPATH Overview

  13. Funding and Award Levelsfor Year 1 of CPATH • Estimated Number of Awards: • 15 to 25 CB • 1 to 3 CDEF • 1 or 2 EAE • 1 or 2 T • Anticipated Funding Amount:   $6,000,000 in FY 2007 • CB projects: $50,000 to $500,000 total; up to three years duration • CDEF projects: up to $250,000 total; duration of two years, with possible renewal for a third year • EAE projects: up to $900,000 total; up to three years duration • T projects: up to $1,500,000 total; five years maximum duration CPATH Overview

  14. CPATH Proposal Limitations A individual may participate in no more than 1 EAE or T proposal and 1 CB or CDEF proposal An academic institution may participate in no more than 1 EAE proposal and 1 T proposal There is no institutional limit for CB and CDEF proposals CPATH Overview

  15. EAE/T Additional Review Criteria EAE and T proposals • Project Vision, Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated Outcomes • Current State • Implementation Plan • Collaboration Plan • Evaluation and Dissemination Plan CPATH Overview

  16. CB/CDEF Additional Review Criteria CB proposals • Project Vision, Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated Outcomes • Implementation Plan CDEF proposals • Professional Qualifications • Implementation Plan • Recommendations CPATH Overview

  17. Example Project Characteristics That Match CPATH Goals Projects consistent with CPATH goals might do one or more of the following: • Develop communities and foster alliances focused on transforming computing education • Nurture leaders in computing education • Include industrial partners • Integrate international aspects • Integrate other knowledge domains with computing and vice versa CPATH Overview

  18. More Examples Matching CPATH Goals • Produce outcomes that are transportable to varieties of programs and institutions • Involve multiple academic departments or units, institutions, campuses and/or organizations • Create, pilot, evaluate and/or deploy innovative models of undergraduate computing education • Address global competitiveness issuesProjects should be a part of a well-articulated vision for change in computing education with broad national impact. CPATH Overview

  19. Example Project Characteristics That Are Inconsistent with CPATH Goals The goals of CPATH suggest that projects should not: • Focus on K-12 computing education or schools • Focus on general IT fluency of all students • Focus on recruitment into computing without educational transformation • Focus primarily on diversity issues CPATH Overview

  20. More Inconsistent with CPATH • Have overly limited scope and/or impact • Focus on intro course or any other single course • Address incremental issues within existing curricula • Overlook existing, relevant models • Propose educational models that ignore the practice of the field CPATH Overview

  21. The Question of Curriculum • Any curricular effort must be in the context of a broader vision • The broader vision must be about significant change in undergraduate computing education, not just curricular experimentation • Such a vision might be the result of actives within a CB project, for example CPATH Overview

  22. Related NSF Programs • Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) • Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) • Informal Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) CPATH Overview

  23. More Related Programs • NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) • Engineering Education Programs (EEP) • Advanced Technological Education Program (ATE) CPATH Overview

  24. Deadline for Proposals January 23, 2007 [Be sure to carefully read the solicitation – NSF 06-608] CPATH Overview

  25. Some Final Remarks This year …. Consider Planning Grant CPATH Overview

  26. Some Final Remarks What are the big keywords? • Vision • Collaboration/Teamwork • Engagement • Potential to be National Model • Inter/multi/trans disciplinary • Innovation • Community • Leadership CPATH Overview

  27. The big question! How does your project address the major goals of CPATH? CPATH Overview

  28. CPATH Program Officers • Harriet Taylor, CISE/CNS • Anita La Salle, CISE/CNS • Janice Cuny, CISE/CNS • Le Gruenwald, CISE/IIS • C.S. George Lee, CISE/IIS • Sylvia Spengler, CISE/IIS • Joseph Urban, CISE/CCF CPATH Overview

  29. Additional Information FAQs can be found on CISE Website cise.nsf.gov follow the links for CPATH CPATH Overview

  30. CPATHCISE Pathways to RevitalizedUndergraduate Computing Education Questions? CPATH Overview

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