Innovations and Opportunities
in Liberal Arts Computing Education
An affiliated event at SIGCSE 2023 organized by members of the SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges. This event will let us share and learn about curricular innovations, challenges, and opportunities particular to our liberal arts settings.
Event Agenda
- Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre
- Room 701A
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-10:15 | Curricular-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education. |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:30 | Course-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education. |
| 11:30-12:00 | Morning Recap & Discussion of Community Priorities |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch break (not provided) |
| 1:30-2:00 | Workshop Overview and Introduction to Identity-Focused Curriculum Design and Review |
| 2:00-4:00 | Guided Sessions with “A Workbook for Liberal Arts Computer Science” |
| 4:00-4:30 | Debrief and Presentation of Next Steps |
| 4:30-5:00 | Open Discussion of CS2023 and ACM/IEEE Curriculum Guidelines |
| Evening | Optional dinner groups |
Additional details on specific sessions are given below.
Event organizers will collect links to content created in each session and add them to the Resulting materials page.
Session Details
Morning Session (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
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Welcome and Opening Remarks (9:00 AM - 9:15 AM)
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Curricular-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education (9:15 AM - 10:15 AM)
- Presentations:
- Creating a Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences, Mark Guzdial, University of Michigan
- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Undergraduate Computing Education, Amanda Holland-Minkley, Washington & Jefferson College
- Breakout Discussions:
- Session presenters will host discussion tables for continued in-depth conversation about their curricular work. Additional discussion tables will be hosted on topics such as curriculum design when offering a BA and a BS, how to manage curriculum revision in the face of staff turnover and the need for flexibility,embedding content such as ethics, writing in the discipline, or computing for social good across a curriculum, and others.
- Session presenters will host discussion tables for continued in-depth conversation about their curricular work. Additional discussion tables will be hosted on topics such as curriculum design when offering a BA and a BS, how to manage curriculum revision in the face of staff turnover and the need for flexibility,embedding content such as ethics, writing in the discipline, or computing for social good across a curriculum, and others.
- Presentations:
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Break (10:15 AM -10:30 AM)
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Course-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education (10:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
- Presentations:
- Collaborative Teams in CS and Entrepreneurship Project Courses, Barbara Lerner, Mount Holyoke College
- Engaging Undergraduates in Social Justice Issues through Interdisciplinary Course Collaborations, S. Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey
- Breakout Discussions:
- Session presenters will host discussion tables for continued in-depth conversation about their courses. Additional discussion tables will be hosted on topics such as teaching ethics, creating sustainable capstones, approaches to incorporating organization/architecture content, and others.
- Session presenters will host discussion tables for continued in-depth conversation about their courses. Additional discussion tables will be hosted on topics such as teaching ethics, creating sustainable capstones, approaches to incorporating organization/architecture content, and others.
- Presentations:
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Morning Recap and Discussion of Community Priorities (11:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Lunch Break (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM)
Afternoon Session (1:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
The afternoon session will focus on the ACM/IEEE/AAAI CS2023 draft curriculum model. Members of the Committee will lead a workshop based on a liberal-arts focused process they have developed for curriculum review and revision that balances institutional identity with external guidelines for CS curricula. Feedback from this session will inform both the process under development and the Committee’s advocacy efforts with the ACM/IEEE/AAAI curriculum task force.
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Workshop Overview and Introduction to Identity-Focused Curriculum Design and Review (1:30 PM - 2:00 PM)
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Guided Sessions with “A Workbook for Liberal Arts Computer Science” (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
- Session participants will be grouped based on experience with curriculum revision, institutional context, and personal interest. Each group will be paired with a session facilitator and will work collaboratively through the first three steps of the process workbook. Participants are encouraged to have a laptop available for this work. Materials will be shared online and participants will be able to take the results of their work back to their home institutions for discussion or continued work.
- Session participants will be grouped based on experience with curriculum revision, institutional context, and personal interest. Each group will be paired with a session facilitator and will work collaboratively through the first three steps of the process workbook. Participants are encouraged to have a laptop available for this work. Materials will be shared online and participants will be able to take the results of their work back to their home institutions for discussion or continued work.
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Debrief and Presentation of Next Steps (4:00 PM - 4:30 PM)
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Open Discussion of CS2023 and ACM/IEEE Curriculum Guidelines (4:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
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