TY - GEN
T1 - Debugging the Gender Gap
T2 - 21st Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group in Information Technology Education, SIGITE 2020
AU - Billionniere, Elodie
AU - Rahman, Farzana
AU - Marshall, Brandeis
AU - Forman, Tami
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Rahman, Associate Professor at Syracuse University, is an expert in CS education who is passionate about broadening participation in computing, integrating best practices in undergraduate research, and exploring how different pedagogical practices can increase diversity in Computing, especially introductory computing courses. Over the last five years, Dr. Rahman’s research has been funded federally and through industry to explore the impact of active learning pedagogy in undergraduate CS courses, effectiveness of online and inverted classrooms, broadening participation of women and underrepresented students in CS courses and programs and investigating effective re-entry strategies for retuning women to re-enter the next generation emerging technology based academic and professional pathways. Dr. Farzana is the winner of the ABI sponsored NCWIT Extension Services (NCWIT ES-UP) grant, ABI Systers PIO (Pass-It-On) award, and NCWIT educator grant. She holds a Ph.D. in CS from Marquette University.
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PY - 2020/10/7
Y1 - 2020/10/7
N2 - Studies suggest women dropout of college and leave the workforce due to their family, finances, and military duty. However, these women interested in (re-)entering the tech fields can be the largest untapped talent pool that may fulfill the needs of the future workforce. In this session, five passionate women share their experiences with creating initiatives in emerging technologies for women.
AB - Studies suggest women dropout of college and leave the workforce due to their family, finances, and military duty. However, these women interested in (re-)entering the tech fields can be the largest untapped talent pool that may fulfill the needs of the future workforce. In this session, five passionate women share their experiences with creating initiatives in emerging technologies for women.
KW - cloud literacy
KW - data literacy
KW - emerging technologies
KW - nontraditional learners
KW - returnship
KW - women learners
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U2 - 10.1145/3368308.3415422
DO - 10.1145/3368308.3415422
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85094923123
T3 - SIGITE 2020 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education
SP - 156
EP - 157
BT - SIGITE 2020 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 7 October 2020 through 9 October 2020
ER -