Michael Goldweber
ABSTRACT
Computing for the Social Good [2] is an umbrella term for any activity which strives to focus students to consider the following fundamental question; Instead of using computers to make money or do basic scientific research, how can one use computing to do good in the world? Since computing students rarely study abroad, let alone undertake a service learning semester, the development of an overseas service learning experience in computing would serve a double purpose.
- M. Buckley, J. Nordlinger, and D. Subramanian. Socially relevant computing. In Proc. of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2008. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- M. Goldweber, J. C. Little, G. Cross, R. Davoli, C. Riedesel, B. von Konsky, and H. Walker. Enhancing the social issues components in our computing curriculum: Computing for the social good. ACM Inroads, 2(1), 2011. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Computing for the social good: a service learning project
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