Diversity in Information Technology

Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies sheds light on the status of diversity in the field of IT education. It identifies a wide range of problems that educators face on a daily basis, and gives practical, applicable solutions, mainly by showcasing successful and replicable examples. The chapters in Diversity in Information Technology Education: Issues and Controversies present research and introspection on race, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories. The examples, success stories from retention efforts, and strategies in assessment that account for diversity, and all supplement the topics with practical examples. If an instructor is planning on infusing diversity topics into the curriculum, this book contains pertinent information on how to identify problems and face issues.

Foreword

vi

Preface

x

Chapter I Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online

1

(14)

Madhumita Bhattacharya, Massey University, New Zealand

Lone Jorgensen, Massey University, New Zealand

Chapter II Dialectic Argumentation for Promoting Dialogue in IT Education: An Epistemological Framework for Considering the Social Impacts of IT

15

(23)

John R. Dakers, University of Glasgow, UK

Chapter III Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project

38

(30)

Mary Kirk, Metropolitan State University, USA

Chapter IV Gender and Programming: Mixing the Abstract and the Concrete

68

(24)

Peter McKenna, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Chapter V Dimensions of Sustainable Diversity in IT: Applications to the IT College Major and Career Aspirations Among Underrepresented High School Students of Color

92

(37)

Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University, USA

Ali Akbari, California Lutheran University, USA

Jamshid Damooei, California Lutheran University, USA

Chapter VI Under-Representation ofAfrican American Women Pursuing Higher-Level Degrees in the Computer Science Technology Fields

129

(12)

Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle, Towson University, USA

Chapter VII Working with Students in Math, Technology, and Sciences for Better Success: One Faculty Member's Experience

141

(12)

Shirish Shah, Towson University, USA

Tracy Miller, Towson University, USA

Chapter VIII Assessing Diversity Issues in Instructional Technology: Strategies that Enhance Student Learning and Generate Outcomes Assessment Data

153

(13)

Virginia Johnson Anderson, Towson University, USA

Chapter IX The Open Ended Group Project: A Way of Including Diversity in the IT Curriculum

166

(30)

Xristine Faulkner, London South Bank University, UK

Mats Daniels, Uppsala University, Sweden

Ian Newman, Loughborough University, UK

Chapter X Attack of the Rainbow Bots: Generating Diversity through Multi-Agent Systems

196

(46)

Samuel G. Collins, Towson University, USA

Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA

Chapter XI Adaptive Technology in a Computing Curriculum

242

(20)

Blaise W. Liffick, Millersville University, USA

Chapter XII Tessellations: A Tool for Diversity Infusions in the Curriculum

262

(18)

Reza Sarhangi, Towson University, USA

Gabriele Meiselwitz, Towson University, USA

Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA

Chapter XIII Training Faculty for Diversity Infusion in the IT Curriculum

280

(30)

Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA

About the Authors

310

(7)

Index

317

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