While service–learning is a well–known educational method for integrating learning experiences with community service, it is only now beginning to emerge in computer and information sciences (CIS). Offering a truly global perspective, this book introduces for the first time an essential framework for service learning in CIS, addressing both the challenges and opportunities of this approach for all stakeholders involved faculty, students, and community nonprofit organizations (NPOs), both domestic and abroad.
Service–Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences outlines numerous examples of successful programs from around the world, presenting practical working models for implementing joint projects between NPOs and academia. It provides faculty members with vital insight into how to coordinate projects with a community partner, arms students with real–world problem–solving skills specific to issues faced by NPOs, and gives NPOs the expertise to leverage information technology to improve the overall value of their services. This book:
- Shows academics how to interact with local and global NPOs for mutually beneficial project partnerships
- Helps IS students enhance their classroom experience through community service, preparing them for the workforce
- Examines the range of available options for service learning in CIS, especially project–based or capstone courses
- Includes case studies from technologically challenged regions
- Helps NPOs become better users of technology in such areas as marketing, fundraising, and communications
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Contributors xxv
Part I: A Framework
CHAPTER 1 A Framework for Service–Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences 3
Brian A. Nejmeh
Part II: Organizational/Pedagogical Models and Approaches to Service–Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences
CHAPTER 2 EPICS Program 27
William Oakes and Carla Zoltowski
CHAPTER 3 Ten Years of EPICS at Butler University: Experiences from Crafting a Service–Learning Program for Computer Science and Software Engineering 39
Panagiotis K. Linos
CHAPTER 4 The Collaborator 77
David Vader
CHAPTER 5 The Humanitarian Free and Open–Source Software Project: Engaging Students in Service–Learning through Building Software 117
Ralph Morelli, Tris han de Lanerolle, and Allen Tucker
Part III: Service–Learning Projects in the Computer and Information Sciences
CHAPTER 6 Some Worked Better Than Others: Experience with a Variety of Service–Learning Projects 141
Ken Vollmar and Peter Sanderson
CHAPTER 7 EPICS Software Development Projects 159
William Oakes and Saurabh Bagchi
CHAPTER 8 HFOSS Service–Learning Case Study: The Bowdoin–Ronald McDonald House Projects 173
Allen Tucker, Ralph Morelli, and Tris han de Lanerolle
CHAPTER 9 Service–Learning and Project Management: The Capstone Course in Information Technology Leadership 195
Charles Hannon
CHAPTER 10 Service–Learning and Entrepreneurship for Engineers 213
Lisa Zidek
CHAPTER 11 Teaching Information Systems Ethics through Service–Learning 243
Thomas S. E. Hilton and Donald D. Mowry
CHAPTER 12 Computer Literacy Service–Learning Project in Brazil 259
Wen–Jung Hsin and Olga Ganzen
Chapter 13 Service–Learning through Agile Software Development 277
Joseph T. Chao and Jennifer B. Warnke
CHAPTER 14 Empowerment through Service–Learning: Teaching Technology to Senior Citizens 297
Sally R. Beisser
CHAPTER 15 Hybridizing Virtual– and Field–Based Service–Learning in Green IT 311
K. Branker and J. M. Pearce
CHAPTER 16 Engaging Engineering Students in a Development Program for a Global South Nation through Service–Learning 335
Willie K. Ofosu, Francois Sekyere, and James Oppong
CHAPTER 17 Leveraging Local Resources to Implement Community–Oriented, Sustainable Computer Education Projects in Los Angeles 357
Rohit Mathew and Christine M. Maxwell
CHAPTER 18 Using Labdoo to Bridge the Digital Divide: A New Form of International Cooperation 369
Jordi ros–Giralt, Kevin Launglucknavalai, Daniel Massaguer, Julieta Casanova, and Christine M. Maxwell
CHAPTER 19 The CHARMS Application Suite: A Community–Based Mobile Data Collection and Alerting Environment for HIV/AIDS Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Zambia 401
Brian A. Nejrneh and Tyler Dean
Part IV: Lessons Learned about Service–Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences
CHAPTER 20 Lessons Learned– Guidance for Building Community Service Projects 431
Michael Werner and Lisa MacLean
CHAPTER 21 Assessing both the Know and Show in IT Service–Learning 453
Rick Homkes
CHAPTER 22 From Kudjip to Succotz: The Successes, Lessons, Joys, and Surprises from 25 Years of Service–Learning Projects 473
James Paul Skon and Doug J. Karl
CHAPTER 23 Educational Impacts of an International Service–Learning Design Project on Project Members and Their Peers 493
Peter E. Johnson
CHAPTER 24 Is the Community Partner Satisfied? 517
Camille George
CHAPTER 25 Service–Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences: Lessons Learned and Guidance for the Future 531
Brian A. Nejmeh
Index 571
