Bringing Computational Thinking to Nonengineering Students through a Capstone Course

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Keeheon
dc.contributor.authorKang, Youn
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T01:03:42Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T01:03:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractAlthough the concept of computational thinking has flourished, little research has explored how to integrate various elements of computational thinking into an undergraduate classroom setting. Clarifying core concepts of computational thinking and providing empirical cases that apply computational thinking practices into a real-world educational setting is crucial to the success of software engineering education. In this article, we describe the development of a curriculum for a social innovation capstone course, using core concepts and elements of computational thinking. The course was designed for undergraduate students of a liberal arts college at a university in Korea. Students were asked to define a social problem and introduced to the core concepts and processes of computational thinking aided by Arduino and Raspberry Pi programming environments. After building a business model, they implemented a working prototype for their proposed solution. We document class project outcomes and student feedback to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.926
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/60206
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectMethods and Models
dc.subjectSoftware Engineering Education and Training
dc.subjectCapstone Project
dc.subjectComputational Thinking
dc.subjectProject Based Learning
dc.subjectSoftware Engineering Education
dc.subjectCurriculum Development
dc.titleBringing Computational Thinking to Nonengineering Students through a Capstone Course
dc.typeConference Paper
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