PAIRS - Resources for Broadening Participation in Computing Project COMP 6620 Fall 2007 Vasavi Chilamantula Achilles Hamilothoris Manasa Nimmakayala Manasa Nimmakayala

Description of Project The goal of this project is to create a searchable database of practices which have been shown to increase minority interest in computer related fields. To be a candidate for PAIRS, an article must be written on a practice (i.e. something that can be implemented by the user) and must have documented results. Articles that contain speculation and personal opinion without documented results or implemental practices are not candidates for the PAIRS database. The goal of this project is to create a searchable database of practices which have been shown to increase minority interest in computer related fields. To be a candidate for PAIRS, an article must be written on a practice (i.e. something that can be implemented by the user) and must have documented results. Articles that contain speculation and personal opinion without documented results or implemental practices are not candidates for the PAIRS database. The BPC search page is designed for a target community of two levels of users: people/organizations that provide online resources for increasing participation of under-represented groups in computing, and the users of such web sites. The BPC search page is designed for a target community of two levels of users: people/organizations that provide online resources for increasing participation of under-represented groups in computing, and the users of such web sites. The developer/resource provider audience can put the PAIRS service on their own portals/web sites for their target groups. Examples include BPC alliances and demonstration projects, organizations like the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and services like the UMBC Center for Women and Information Technology. The developer/resource provider audience can put the PAIRS service on their own portals/web sites for their target groups. Examples include BPC alliances and demonstration projects, organizations like the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and services like the UMBC Center for Women and Information Technology.

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Faculty Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Sample Object/Action Analysis Noun (Object) Verb (Action) Link that when clicked takes you to Project 1 in the BPC directory Link that when clicked takes you to the Engineering Pathway Home page Link that when clicked takes you to additional information on the proceeding subject Link that when clicked takes you to the contact us page etc. as deemed necessary based on designer/user agreement Project 1

Sample Ontology (Data Dictionary)WordMeaning K-12 Children that are enrolled in grades kindergarten through their senior high school year Undergraduate A student that has graduated high school and has not yet received a college degree Graduate A student that is pursuing a Master’s or PhD degree Faculty A teacher or teacher’s aid Faculty A teacher or teacher’s aid Project Ongoings in the BPC world Project Ongoings in the BPC world Resources Aids to Education Resources Aids to Education etc. as deemed necessary based on designer/user agreement

User Scenario: K-12 A rural high school math teacher has a group of girls with strong math skills. They have asked him what they can do with math. He mentioned computing as a lucrative and exciting career, but the girls’ eyes glazed over. So on “Back to School” night, he wants to show the girls – and their parents – a video that does a better job of describing the kinds of jobs the girls could have, while also handing out information about which kinds of computing jobs are offshored and which aren’t. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Faculty Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Scenario/Example K-12 (cont.): If you click on “click here” for more information on K-12 Engineering Education Resources, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources Additional K-12 Resources: Engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear. By introducing engineering into the K-12 classroom you connect science and math concepts to the everyday engineering that surrounds us. To learn more about how engineering relates to the science classroom, click on the information below: Why K-12 engineering? What is the difference between science and engineering? What are the steps to the engineering design process?

Scenario/Example K-12 (cont.): In the quick search field, the terms girls, jobs, computing, offshore, are entered. You are then taken to the results:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources Search Results: - Video from University of Maryland-Baltimore County Center for Women and IT and an offshoring fact sheet from the ACM Digital Library - See additional results - Restart Search

User Scenario: Undergraduate An informatics professor requests a Research Experiences for Undergraduates supplement to one of her existing grants to encourage a minority student she knows to go to graduate school. Now that summer is beginning, the professor realizes she needs some guidance on a number of fronts: What should her role be as mentor? What should the student’s role be as a protégé? Is there any special guidance for working with a student of color? And how does one guide an undergraduate research project? It is such a short time for learning methods, making a plan, reading the literature, and carrying out the research. The professor goes to Google and enters the search terms ‘research’ ‘experience’ ‘undergraduates’ and ‘minority’ and gets more than 5,000,000 hits, most them not useful. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Faculty Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Scenario/Example Undergraduate (cont.): If you click on “click here” for more information on Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources Engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear. By introducing engineering into the undergraduate classroom you connect science and math concepts to the everyday engineering that surrounds us. To learn more about how engineering relates to the science classroom, click on the information below: Why undergraduate engineering? What is the difference between science and engineering? What are the steps to the engineering design process? Additional Undergraduate Resources:

Scenario/Example Undergraduate (cont.): In the quick search field, the terms research, experience, undergraduates, minority are entered. You are then taken to the results:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources Search Results: - Journal article on project from University of Oklahoma – Undergraduate minorities receiving funding for research projects - See additional results - Restart Search

User Scenario: Graduate Level An eight-university alliance is working together to recruit students from minority-serving institutions into graduate programs at majority institutions. The principal investigators know that retention is problematic and that minority institutions often provide more nurturing environments where students don’t question their belonging. But the PIs are not the only faculty who will work with students. They have been warned about “worst practices,” such as marking students as different by calling them “my Hispanic grad student.” The PIs plan to hold a half-day workshop for other faculty, but are not sure where to find quality, targeted materials. They believe a central location for finding such materials would serve not only their workshop needs, but help them to support their faculty. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Faculty Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Scenario/Example Graduate (cont.): If you click on “click here” for more information on Graduate Engineering Education Resources, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Graduate Engineering Education Resources Engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear. By introducing engineering into the graduate program you connect science and math concepts to the everyday engineering that surrounds us. To learn more about how engineering relates to the science classroom, click on the information below: Why graduate engineering? What is the difference between science and engineering? What are the steps to the engineering design process? Additional Graduate Resources:

Scenario/Example Graduate (cont.): In the quick search field, the terms graduate, faculty, minority, worse practices, best practices are entered. You are then taken to the results:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Graduate Engineering Education Resources Search Results: - Article from the New York Times on best practices of today’s colleges – Minority students and the environments that must be maintained in order to increase retention at Auburn University - See additional results - Restart Search

Future Support or site extension material: User Scenario: Fund raising A minority professor (faculty member) is looking for projects or information to help raise funds to hold a seminar to recruit additional faculty members (both minority and non-minority) to a newly established university engineering PhD program. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to: User Scenario: Fund raising A minority professor (faculty member) is looking for projects or information to help raise funds to hold a seminar to recruit additional faculty members (both minority and non-minority) to a newly established university engineering PhD program. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Fund Raising Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Scenario/Example Fund raising (cont.): If you click on “click here” for more information on Fund Raising Education Resources, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Fund raising Education Resources Educational team members sometimes need funds that are not part of their fiscal budgets. In these instances, fund raisers may need to be held to acquire the funds necessary to perform certain activities. To learn more about fund raising, please click on the information below: Why perform fund raisers? Frequently asked questions for fund raisers? Fundraiser links and more information?

Scenario/Example Fund raising (cont.): In the quick search field, the terms education, fund, raising are entered. You are then taken to the results:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Fund raising Education Resources Search Results: - Fund raisers for non-profit organizations - Fund raisers for schools - See additional results - Restart Search

User Scenario : Faculty A Faculty member wants to link multiple journals reporting research on engineering education and related work in science disciplines through a single interface, for that he needs to know about the engineering education research developments by general engineering faculty and administrators, so when the professor searches for Journals on engineering education on Google, he gets more than hits. A Faculty member wants to link multiple journals reporting research on engineering education and related work in science disciplines through a single interface, for that he needs to know about the engineering education research developments by general engineering faculty and administrators, so when the professor searches for Journals on engineering education on Google, he gets more than hits. From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to: From the Engineering Pathway Homepage, when the BPC search page link is clicked, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: K-12 Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality K-12 teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology. For more information click here. Undergraduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Undergraduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Graduate Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality Graduate teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here. Faculty Engineering Education Resources In a single location, Engineering Pathway brings you quality teaching and learning resources for Faculty in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information and engineering technology. For more information click here.

Scenario/Example Faculty (cont.): If you click on “click here” for more information on Faculty Engineering Education Resources, you are taken to:

BPC Search Page HOME | K-12 | Undergraduate | Graduate | Faculty | About Browse Site Map Project 2 Project 1 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7 Additional Projects BPC Projects Directory: Faculty Engineering Education Resources Engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear. By introducing engineering into the graduate program you connect science and math concepts to the everyday engineering that surrounds us. To learn more about how engineering relates to the science classroom, click on the information below: Why graduate engineering? What is the difference between science and engineering? What are the steps to the engineering design process? Additional Graduate Resources: