Access, Power, and the Framework of a CS Education Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamau Bobb ◽  
Quincy Brown
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Broadening Participation ◽  
Current Reality

In the 21st century, the ability to shape, drive and innovate in computing spaces is unequivocally associated with power. However, students of color disproportionately experience the afflictions of poverty and powerlessness. Moving them from being consumers to producers of technology is one approach for changing that narrative. In the context of Computer Science (CS) education, there is much more at stake for students of color than simply joining the technical workforce. The shift to being producers of technology has disproportionate significance to students of color who would be able to perceive themselves as being in positions of technical power. This shift must begin in the current reality of the CS education ecosystem. Applying best practices for increasing diversity in engineering, we argue for a reformation of the CS education ecosystem that redistributes access and power to empower future generations of students of color, thereby broadening participation in CS.

Perceptions and New Realities for the 21st Century Learner

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-108
Author(s):  
Jennifer (Jenny) L. Penland ◽  
Kennard Laviers
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Way

Of all the technologies emerging today, augmented reality (AR) stands to be one of, if not the, most transformational in the way we teach our students across the spectrum of age groups and subject matter. The authors propose “best practices” that allow the educator to use AR as a tool that will not only teach the processes of a skill but will also encourage students to use AR as a motivational tool that allows them to discover, explore, and perform work beyond what is capable with this revolutionary device. Finally, the authors provide and explore the artificial intelligence (AI) processors behind the technologies driving down cost while driving up the quality of AR and how this new field of computer science is transforming all facets of society and may end up changing pedagogy more profoundly than anything before it.

Lamarck’s Two Legacies: A 21st-Century Perspective on Use-Disuse and the Inheritance of Acquired Characters

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Jablonka ◽  
Ehud Lamm
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Physiological Model ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Biological Plasticity ◽  
Inheritance Of Acquired Characters ◽  
The Law ◽  
Acquired Characters

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Abstract </strong></span>| Lamarck has left many legacies for future generations of biologists<span class="s2"><strong>. </strong></span>His best known legacy was an explicit suggestion, developed in the <em>Philosophie zoologique </em>(PZ), that the effects of use and disuse (acquired characters) can be inherited and can drive species transformation.This suggestion was formulated as two laws, which we refer to as the law of biological plasticity and the law of phenotypic continuity<span class="s2"><strong>. </strong></span>We put these laws in their historical context and distinguish between Lamarck’s key insights and later neo-Lamarckian interpretations of his ideas<span class="s2"><strong>.</strong></span>We argue that Lamarck’s emphasis on the role played by the organization of living beings and his physiological model of reproduction are directly relevant to 21st-century concerns, and illustrate this by discussing intergenerational genomic continuity and cultural evolution.</p>

scholarly journals Collecting Pandemic Phenomena: Reflections on Rapid Response Collecting and the Art Museum

Collections ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 155019062098084
Author(s):  
Sandro Debono
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Art Museums ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Potential Use

Rapid Response Collecting has been a most apt methodology with which to document the COVID-19 pandemic for an increasing number of museums. As the phenomenon unfolded across the globe, museums searched for and head-hunted the truth-revealing objects that could tell the stories and histories of the present to current and future generations. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic took Rapid Response Collecting to a higher level. A methodology originally conceived for a sporadic phenomenon happening within a specific context during the early years of the 21st century gained much more traction almost overnight. This paper shall make a case for a better understanding of the potential use and application of Rapid Response Collecting by art museums. It shall look into the defining values of this collections development methodology and how these can be applied and adopted when acquiring works of art. In doing so, it shall seek to understand to what extent the mainstream version of Rapid Response Collecting can be adapted for the needs, purposes and requirements of the art museum.

scholarly journals Internet of Samples (iSamples): Toward an interdisciplinary cyberinfrastructure for material samples

GigaScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Davies ◽  
John Deck ◽  
Eric C Kansa ◽  
Sarah Whitcher Kansa ◽  
John Kunze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Data Standards ◽  
Meta Data ◽  
Cross Domain ◽  
Data Stewardship

Abstract Sampling the natural world and built environment underpins much of science, yet systems for managing material samples and associated (meta)data are fragmented across institutional catalogs, practices for identification, and discipline-specific (meta)data standards. The Internet of Samples (iSamples) is a standards-based collaboration to uniquely, consistently, and conveniently identify material samples, record core metadata about them, and link them to other samples, data, and research products. iSamples extends existing resources and best practices in data stewardship to render a cross-domain cyberinfrastructure that enables transdisciplinary research, discovery, and reuse of material samples in 21st century natural science.

Genomic Science—From 2001 to Present Day: What School Nurses Need to Know

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Barnby ◽  
Mark Reynolds ◽  
Pamela O’Neal
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
21St Century ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Medically Fragile ◽  
Genetic Science ◽  
Genomic Science ◽  
Genomic Sciences ◽  
Information And Technology

Genetic science has made remarkable advances in the 21st century. As genetic and genomic sciences continue to expand, school nurses will become thoroughly immersed in data, information, and technology. As new diseases, treatments, and therapies are discovered, school nurses will need to implement and assess best practices for the complex and medically fragile student population. This article will discuss the top 10 recent discoveries in genomic science and how school nurses can use this information in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Mulheres na Computação: Uma Análise da Participação de Meninas em uma Maratona Gamificada e Desplugada de Pensamento Computacional

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Corrêa de Lima ◽  
Quesia De Araújo Santos ◽  
Amaury Antônio de Castro Junior ◽  
Claudio Zarate Sanavria
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Female Scientist ◽  
The Future

One of the most important issues discussed in computer science ineducation involves the professions of the future and the skills thatwill be required of these professionals. This paper discusses a skillthat is among the most important: Computational Thinking (CP).In this scenario, it is still notable the low participation of womenin areas related to technology. As a result, many countries havealready stimulated CP education since basic education. The goalis that future generations can not only operate, but understandhow technology is produced. One of the ways to stimulate CP inbasic education using Computer Science Unplugged (CSU). Themain contribution of this work, unlike others that have alreadyused CSU, was the proposal of a CSU intervention in a playful environment,which considers gamification principles, such as: phases,time, awards, scores, among others, in addition to the constructionof scenarios period and interaction with female scientist characters.The results of the intervention were collected through simplifiedquestionnaires for girls and increased to be quite positive.

scholarly journals Best practices for embedded librarian service: Connecting with students online

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Michelle Strasz
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Embedded Librarian

Embedded librarianship has been around for a long time. It was considered a buzz word and began appearing in journals and conferences early in the 21st century, according to Kathy Drewes and Nadine Hoffman. Embedded librarianship became a way for librarians to provide research help and assistance to distance education students, as more library resources came online. Embedded librarianship has been an important service no more so than now in the new reality of the pandemic world.

PROMOTING PROFICIENCY OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS THROUGH CBI AND CLT APPROACHES (On A SAMPLE OF AN ARMENIAN EFL CLASSROOM)/ՀԱՂՈՐԴԱԿՑՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎՐԱ ՀԻՄՆՎԱԾ ՈՒՍՈՒՑՈՒՄԸ ԵՎ ԲՈՎԱՆԴԱԿՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎՐԱ ՀԻՄՆՎԱԾ ՈՒՍՈՒՑՈՒՄԸ՝ ՈՐՊԵՍ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԻ ԲԱՆԱՎՈՐ ԽՈՍՔԻ և ՈՒՆԿՆԴՐՄԱՆ ՀՄՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ԶԱՐԳԱՑՄԱՆ ՄՈՏԵՑՈՒՄՆԵՐ (ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆՅԱՆ ԼՍԱՐԱՆԻ ՕՐԻՆԱԿՈՎ)/КОММУНИКАТИВНОЕ ОБУЧЕНИЕ И ОБУЧЕНИЕ НА ОСНОВЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЯ КАК ПОДХОДЫ К РАЗВИТИЮ НАВЫКОВ УСТНОЙ РЕЧИ И АУДИРОВАНИЮ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ АРМЯНСКОЙ АУДИТОРИИ)

2020 ◽  
pp. 134-150
Author(s):  
Irina Mkhitaryan
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Based Instruction

Language is now far from just being a simple model of interaction inasmuch as employment requirements put a great asset on specific language skills. Moreover, the employability market in Armenia and worldwide pays a great attention to accurate and fluent speaking skills and it is considered a key prerequisite for recruitment. From this perspective, it becomes paramount to boost speaking and listening skills for better employability, therefore. The paper attempts to highlight the implementation of Communicative Language Approach (hereinafter, CLT) and Content -Based Instruction (hereinafter, CBI) as some of the effective approaches of enhancing students’ speaking and listening skills. Additionally, best practices are prioritised for inclusion of more effective strategies and activities in the context of teaching English in the 21st century where ever-growing needs for fluent English are imperative. The research findings, as such, prove that teaching productive skills through CLT and CBI approaches intensifies and strengthens the overall speaking and listening performance among students.

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