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ICER Next Steps

The ICER initiative outlines steps to enhance computer science education through foundational studies, community engagement, and meaningful curricular changes. Participants will work to engage policy makers and industry leaders, develop strategies for involving students early, and share effective teaching practices. Emphasis will be on modernizing the curriculum to be flexible, interdisciplinary, and assessable, while fostering collaboration among faculty. This effort aims to facilitate significant improvements in teaching methodologies and student interactions within computing courses.

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ICER Next Steps

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  1. ICER Next Steps • Foundational Studies • Engage Communities and Audiences • NSF do • ICER participants do

  2. Foundational Studies • Understand computing image • Rethink curriculum: process, not prescription • Upper division: adapt to modern CS • Intro courses: pumps not filters; …

  3. Engage Communities and Audiences • Engage national policy makers: CRA, ACM, IEEE, NSF, … • ICER follow-up workshop with significant industry participation • Develop community related to CS education research methods • Engage students at early stage • Develop approach for deans/provosts, including data and persuasive arguments • Elevator messages: • Public: image • Faculty: what needs to change, why, and how

  4. NSF Do • Support development of curricular artifacts that help faculty bring in relevant content, and to free time for student interaction • Young faculty grants more based on education • Support to develop curriculum that addresses ICER goals (interdisciplinary, modern CS) and is assessable, shareable, flexible; work with other directorates • Active dissemination of effective practices

  5. ICER Participants Do • Read and comment on summary document (quickly) – Wiki? • Each participant report back to their department/unit and engage for feedback • Disseminate through publications (eg CRN) • Disseminate through conferences • Each person take on personal task

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