TY - GEN
T1 - Computing outreach literature review
AU - Decker, Adrienne
AU - McGill, Monica M.
AU - Settle, Amber
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/10/9
Y1 - 2015/10/9
N2 - The lack of diversity in computing has existed for decades. It has garnered the attention of computing educators and private companies who have implemented a host of outreach and retention programs to draw more diverse students into the field and the workforce. A question that stands out is whether or not these programs are effective in the long term in helping to mitigate the lack of diversity in the field. To determine an answer to this question, the authors undertook a systematic literature review of reported computing outreach activities in relevant journals and conference proceedings for the years 2009-2014 inclusive. Upon consideration of all relevant articles, 73 articles were coded for information about the type of outreach, target audience, and reported results. Summaries of the findings of the literature review are presented in this poster.
AB - The lack of diversity in computing has existed for decades. It has garnered the attention of computing educators and private companies who have implemented a host of outreach and retention programs to draw more diverse students into the field and the workforce. A question that stands out is whether or not these programs are effective in the long term in helping to mitigate the lack of diversity in the field. To determine an answer to this question, the authors undertook a systematic literature review of reported computing outreach activities in relevant journals and conference proceedings for the years 2009-2014 inclusive. Upon consideration of all relevant articles, 73 articles were coded for information about the type of outreach, target audience, and reported results. Summaries of the findings of the literature review are presented in this poster.
KW - after school programs
KW - broadening participation
KW - diversity issues in computing
KW - gender issues in computing
KW - outreach
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84959862598
U2 - 10.1109/RESPECT.2015.7296509
DO - 10.1109/RESPECT.2015.7296509
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84959862598
T3 - 2015 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2015
BT - 2015 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2015
A2 - Boyer, Kristy
A2 - Payton, Jamie
A2 - Forbes, Jeff
A2 - Thiruvathukal, George K.
A2 - Barnes, Tiffany
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1st Annual Conference Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2015
Y2 - 13 August 2015 through 14 August 2015
ER -