BPC-DP: Practices, Aggregation, Infrastructure, and Retrieval Service (PAIRS) for Broadening Participation in Computing
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity |
| Special Topic(s): |
Academic Careers and Issues BPC - NSF Programs Women and Information Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Community - General |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): |
Lecia Baker, Alice Agogino, Tracy Camp, Lucinda Sanders
Organization: University of Texas at Austin |
| Description: | PAIRS enables educators at all levels, in both formal and informal settings, to easily identify, select, and use educational resources that have been shown by research to be effective for increasing the participation of members of under-represented groups in information technology. We are developing a digital library of practices from the Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program in CISE and elsewhere that have been researched or evaluated for their promise or effectiveness to recruit, retain, or advance under-represented groups in IT fields of study or research careers. The digital library, will also serve as a centralized vehicle for dissemination of practices by a wide range of researchers and practitioners. The Engineering Pathway website will provide the necessary digital library services to make PAIRS an effective tool for users and resource providers, including metadata harvesting, federated search, interoperability, scalability, usability, and personalization. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Attitude Confidence (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) Engage in life-long learning Engagement Motivation Retention |
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| Use of Resource: | Strategies and interventions: proving access and evaluation of promising and best practices in broadening participation in computing. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Low |
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| Publication Date: | October 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.colorado.edu/atlas/research/arc/pairs/ |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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