Benefits of Using Socially-Relevant Projects in Computer Science and Engineering Education
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Community-based Service Learning Computer Engineering |
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Persons with Disabilities |
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Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
C. Alphonce H. Kershner J. Braswell K. Schindler M. Buckley |
| Description: | In an attempt to bridge a local technology gap, potentially provide software to health care organizations serving the needs of handicapped clients in the Western NY area, and provide innovative and interesting projects for our capstone design classes, the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) began soliciting projects from local organizations in need. The projects have been integrated into required senior-level undergraduate courses. The practical benefits of project experience on student education, and the benefits of providing useful software to the target organizations, were anticipated, but the experiences have proven to be much more. Students have responded with intensity and philanthropy. The clients have participated in the classroom experience as both recipients and teachers. The program has rescued students at academic risk, and the school is enjoying an enhanced reputation in the community. This paper explores positive and cautionary issues regarding the effort. |
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| Keywords: | socially-relevant project meaningful assignments increasing participation community outreach reviewed |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(i) Engage in life-long learning Motivation |
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Goals Skill enhancement |
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Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education archive Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education table of contents Norfolk, Virginia, USA SESSION: Capstone courses Pages: 482 - 486 Year of Publication: 2004 ISBN:1-58113-798-2 |
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Medium |
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| Publication Date: | March 2004 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=971463&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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