Embedding Equitable Design in the CS Computing Curricula

Pankati Patel, Patricia Morreale, Yulia Kumar, Daehan Kwak, Jean Chu, Rose Garcia, Margaret Burnett

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Abstract

Computer science (CS) students' curricula is heavily focused on technical skills, and CS ethics, usability, equity, and people/society considerations are not well-integrated into the CS curriculum. If these topics are introduced, they are disconnected from the core courses. As a result, students do not learn to incorporate inclusive practices into their software designs. Thus, students create software through the perspective of a computer scientist - when the important perspective is that of the intended users. As a result, students entering the workforce are inclined to design software that is non-inclusive. We propose the integration of inclusive design in the undergraduate curriculum will result in students creating inclusive software. This research, based on the foundations of inclusive design methods, investigates a new approach to teaching CS. Inclusive software design is embedded into computing courses for all four years of the undergraduate CS curriculum. This new approach is "minimally invasive", occupying very little classroom time, instead it is integrated into the course work that is already assigned.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages1332
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781450394338
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2023
Event54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 15 Mar 202318 Mar 2023

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Volume2

Conference

Conference54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period15/03/2318/03/23

Keywords

  • gendermag
  • human computer interaction
  • inclusive design

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