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Computer & Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

CPATHCISE Pathways to Revitalized

Undergraduate Computing

Education

NJIT - December 2006 CPATH Overview 2

Outline

• Motivations for CPATH

• Vision for CPATH

• Goals and Objectives for CPATH

• CPATH Project Type Details

• Funding and Award Levels for CPATH

• Submission Limitations for CPATH

• CPATH Review Criteria

• Encouraged/Discouraged Project Characteristics

• Related NSF Programs

• Deadline

• Points of Contact


A CISE challenge “Transform undergraduate computing education on a

national scale.”

Why?“It is essential to U.S. leadership and economic

competitiveness across all sectors of society.”


Motivations for CPATH

• Needs of the U.S. workforce

• Changes in national demographics

• Shifts in global competitiveness

• Movement towards multidisciplinary domains of knowledge in computing applications

• Integrative nature of the field within the discipline and across other domains of knowledge

• Future challenges


Goals and Objectives of CPATH

• Help create a diverse, agile workforce

• Nurture a workforce capable of leadership in the global innovative enterprise

• Build awareness of the strategic importance of undergraduate computing education

• Implement new models for undergraduate computing education

• Capitalize upon changing workforce demographics


Goals and Objectives for CPATH (continued)

• Engage national leaders

• Nurture computing education leaders

• Promote the formation of partnerships

• Empower transformation of undergraduate computing education

• Promote supporting organizational change


Overview of Four Types of of CPATH Projects

Community Building

(CB)

CB awards support efforts that bring stakeholders together to transform undergraduate computing education.

CISE Distinguished Education Fellows

(CDEF)

CDEF awards recognize outstanding individuals committed to leadership in the transformation of computing education and support them to explore new ideas and disseminate results

Evaluation, Adoption, and

Extension (EAE)

EAE projects are meant to build on EXISTING examples of innovative educational approaches.

Institutional Transformation

(T)

T grants support Implementation of innovative, integrative models for undergraduate computing education that have potential to serve as national models.

Some details …


Community Building Projects

• Bring stakeholders together to develop a broadly shared vision and transformation strategies for undergraduate computing education

• Encourage strategies at regional and/or national levels and across institution types

• Build communities and plan activities for transformation implementations


Planning Grants

CB awards may support planning activities intended to prepare for subsequent EAE and T proposals

Examples of such activities might include:

• Community building work necessary to prepare for a multi-institutional effort

• Cross-disciplinary team building leading to design of an interdisciplinary curriculum model

• Development of innovative models based on community interactions

• Pilot testing of such new models


CISE Distinguished Education Fellow Projects

• Recognized leader

• Innovative action project

• Community support and community building

• Advocacy for undergraduate computing education

• Prestige of CDEF award and designation within department, institution and broader community


Evaluation, Adoption, and Extension Projects

• Adopt and/or adapt promising models

• Evaluate impacts of new models

• Expand scope of ongoing efforts

• Engage broader community of institutions to demonstrate potential of innovative models

• Disseminate lessons learned


Transformation Projects

Support innovative approaches now underway across units and institutions; include community building

Involve a focus broader than curriculum building and create sustainable change

Potentially:

• Blur traditional boundaries in academic institutions

• Develop industry and international partnerships

Single institution T grants must engage multiple academic units or disciplines

T awards can also support the work of multiple institutions implementing common or related models


Funding and Award Levelsfor Year 1 of CPATH

Estimated Number of Awards:• 15 to 25 CB

• 1 to 3 CDEF

• 1 or 2 EAE

• 1 or 2 T

Anticipated Funding Amount: $6,000,000 in FY 2007• CB projects: $50,000 to $500,000 total; up to three years duration

• CDEF projects: up to $250,000 total; duration of two years, with possible renewal for a third year

• EAE projects: up to $900,000 total; up to three years duration

• T projects: up to $1,500,000 total; five years maximum duration


CPATH Proposal Limitations

A individual may participate in no more than1 EAE or T proposal

and1 CB or CDEF proposal

An academic institution may participate in no more than 1 EAE proposal

and1 T proposal

There is no institutional limit for CB and CDEF proposals


EAE/T Additional Review Criteria

EAE and T proposals Project Vision, Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated

Outcomes Current State Implementation Plan Collaboration Plan Evaluation and Dissemination Plan


CB/CDEF Additional Review Criteria

CB proposals Project Vision, Goals, Objectives, and Anticipated

Outcomes Implementation Plan

CDEF proposals Professional Qualifications Implementation Plan Recommendations


Example Project Characteristics That Match CPATH Goals

Projects consistent with CPATH goals might do one or more of the following:

• Develop communities and foster alliances focused on transforming computing education

• Nurture leaders in computing education

• Include industrial partners

• Integrate international aspects

• Integrate other knowledge domains with computing and vice versa


More Examples Matching CPATH Goals

• Produce outcomes that are transportable to varieties of programs and institutions

• Involve multiple academic departments or units, institutions, campuses and/or organizations

• Create, pilot, evaluate and/or deploy innovative models of undergraduate computing education

• Address global competitiveness issues

Projects should be a part of a well-articulated vision for change in computing education with broad national impact.


Example Project Characteristics That Are Inconsistent with CPATH Goals

The goals of CPATH suggest that projects should not:

• Focus on K-12 computing education or schools

• Focus on general IT fluency of all students

• Focus on recruitment into computing without educational transformation

• Focus primarily on diversity issues


More Inconsistent with CPATH

• Have overly limited scope and/or impact

• Focus on intro course or any other single course

• Address incremental issues within existing curricula

• Overlook existing, relevant models

• Propose educational models that ignore the practice of the field


The Question of Curriculum

Any curricular effort must be in the context of a broader vision

The broader vision must be about significant change in undergraduate computing education, not just curricular experimentation

Such a vision might be the result of actives within a CB project, for example


Related NSF Programs

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

Informal Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)


More Related Programs

NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

Engineering Education Programs (EEP)

Advanced Technological Education Program (ATE)


Deadline for Proposals

January 23, 2007

[Be sure to carefully read the solicitation – NSF 06-608]


Some Final Remarks

This year …. Consider Planning Grant


Some Final Remarks

What are the big keywords? Vision Collaboration/Teamwork Engagement Potential to be National Model Inter/multi/trans disciplinary Innovation Community Leadership


The big question!

How does your project address the major goals of CPATH?


CPATH Program Officers

• Harriet Taylor, CISE/CNS

• Anita La Salle, CISE/CNS

• Janice Cuny, CISE/CNS

• Le Gruenwald, CISE/IIS

• C.S. George Lee, CISE/IIS

• Sylvia Spengler, CISE/IIS

• Joseph Urban, CISE/CCF


Additional Information

FAQs can be found on CISE Website

cise.nsf.gov

follow the links for CPATH


CPATHCISE Pathways to Revitalized

Undergraduate Computing Education

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