Computing in Liberal Arts
SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges
Summary of Major Activities (2024-04-08)
Building Community in Liberal Arts Computer Science
- Sponsored SIGCSE Technical Symposium full-day event on Wednesday, March 20th in Portland, OR
- 40 attendees
- Event was funded in part through an NSF IUSE workshop grant no 2342587
- Morning presentation topics:
- BA versus BS Degrees in Computer Science
- A Minor in Artificial Intelligence Using Liberal Arts Courses
- Reports from Students and Instructors on a New Synthesized Pedagogical Model for CS1 in Python
- Challenges and Opportunities in Collaborating on Instructional Materials
- Additional morning breakout sessions on hiring in CS at liberal arts colleges, valuing pedagogical research in tenure and promotion, and future ideas for committee work
- Afternoon workshop on working with CS2023
- Introduction to working with committee developed step-by-step process (see below for more detail)
- Event page: https://computing-in-the-liberal-arts.github.io/SIGCSE2024-Affiliated-Event/
- Presentation proposals and materials for this and previous affiliated events are all archived on our affiliated event webpages
- Tutorial Sessions at CCSC Regional Conferences
- The Committee has held tutorial sessions at many CCSC regional conferences themed around how liberal arts institutions and small programs can work with CS2023
- 2022: CCSC-NE, CCSC-MW, CCSC-E, CCSC-NW
- 2023: CCSC-NE, CCSC-SE, CCSC-RM, CCSC-MW, CCSC-E
- The Committee has held tutorial sessions at many CCSC regional conferences themed around how liberal arts institutions and small programs can work with CS2023
Advocating for Liberal Arts Computer Science
- Activities with ACM/IEEE Task Force for CS2023
- Invited to write official liberal arts response to CS2023, published in SIGCSE 2023 proceedings and with updated version included in CS2023 Curricular Practices collection
- Advised Task Force on community surveys about CS Core topics
- Provided feedback on all draft versions of CS2023
- Developing Process Workbook and Spreadsheet Tool
- Supported curricular practices article advocating for on mission- and identity-driven curriculum development with a step-by-step workbook and spreadsheet tool
- Current version of workbook published on our website: https://computing-in-the-liberal-arts.github.io/CS2023/
- Developed training workshops to support usage of the workbook and spreadsheet tool (see above)
- NSF IUSE proposals
- NSF IUSE Workshop proposal “Workshops Supporting the Development of a Workbook for Distinctive Computing Programs Aligned with Liberal Arts Institutional and Departmental Identity”, funded January 2024, award number 2342587, PI James Teresco, Siena College
- NSF IUSE Track Two, Level One proposal “Transforming Computer Science Curriculum Design at Liberal Arts Institutions”, submitted January 2024, Co-PIs Amanda Holland-Minkley, Washington & Jefferson College; James Teresco, Siena College; Karl Schmitt, Trinity Christian College
About SIGCSE
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