{"51718":{"#nid":"51718","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Media Computation To Attract \u0026 Retain Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(August 1, 2006)--\u003C\/strong\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded funding to College of Computing Professor Mark Guzdial for his proposal titled, \u0022Using Media Computation to Attract and Retain Students in Computing.\u0022 Guzdial is a learning sciences and technology professor within the College\u0027s Interactive \u0026amp; Intelligent Computing (IIC) division, as well as the director for undergraduate programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGuzdial will receive more than $400,000 over the next three years from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education in the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program. The proposal supports\u00a0his efforts to expand and disseminate the innovative Media Computation undergraduate curriculum that\u00a0Guzdial developed at the College of Computing in 2003, and has since become the benchmark for computer science programs across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUsing Media Computation to Attract and Retain Students in Computing\u201d explicitly funds: workshops for faculty at other institutions to teach Guzdial\u2019s approach; support of the developing community of users (e.g., supporting improvement of the software environment, disseminating curriculum ideas, etc.); and improving evaluation by supporting other institutions in adopting College of Computing evaluation techniques and instruments; and then creating a Web repository of results so that schools considering Media Computation can find reports on use at comparable schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF award is effective August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2009. For additional information about Mark Guzdial\u2019s Computational Media curriculum, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/profiles\/guzdial.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing Professor Mark Guzdial receives funding for his National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal to help CS programs across the country adopt\u00a0a more\u00a0innovative curriculum.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:12","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}