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Providing Equitable Access to Computing Education: Seeking the best measures to reach advantaged and less-advantaged students equally.

Authors :
Guzdial, Mark
Bruckman, Amy
Source :
Communications of the ACM. Aug2018, Vol. 61 Issue 8, p26-28. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The article discusses efforts to equalize educational opportunities in computer science (CS) for lower-income students in the U.S., including in regard to social privilege in the country. An overview of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs), including the authors' perspective that it did not equalize education, is provided.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00010782
Volume :
61
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Communications of the ACM
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
131002264
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145/3232039