Making service learning accessible to computer scientists
BJ Rosmaita - Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
BJ Rosmaita
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, 2007•dl.acm.orgService learning can play an important role in computer science education: it can address
declining enrollments and increase current student satisfaction. Although computer science
poses some serious problems for effectively implementing service learning, these can be
surmounted by reconfiguring a course to include a substantial treatment of accessibility. I
describe such a course, explain how it overcomes the problems, and discuss the results of
the course from a student perspective.
declining enrollments and increase current student satisfaction. Although computer science
poses some serious problems for effectively implementing service learning, these can be
surmounted by reconfiguring a course to include a substantial treatment of accessibility. I
describe such a course, explain how it overcomes the problems, and discuss the results of
the course from a student perspective.
Service learning can play an important role in computer science education: it can address declining enrollments and increase current student satisfaction. Although computer science poses some serious problems for effectively implementing service learning, these can be surmounted by reconfiguring a course to include a substantial treatment of accessibility. I describe such a course, explain how it overcomes the problems, and discuss the results of the course from a student perspective.