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Educational Activities Board (EAB) Liaison Report

to Standards Activities Board (SAB) EAB LiaisonDavid Schultz

March 26, 2010

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Summary of current EAB activities

• The IEEE-CS Educational Activities Board (CAB) concentrates most heavily on working with current undergraduate students in computer science and related fields

• It also has an arm that reaches out to recent graduates: Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)

• The EAB chair, Alan Clements, would like to have stronger outreach programs to postgraduates and students in grades K-12

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IEEE-CS e-Learning Activities

• IEEE-CS member benefits include access to three commercial e-Learning venues:– Element K – offers a variety of e-learning courses; so

far, 20,000 members have used this– Safari Books – provides access to commercial books

that you can buy through Amazon; 4600 members have accessed these books

– Books 24/7 – provides paid access to a more professional set of books than Safari Books; 68 members purchased subscriptions during 2008-09

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EAB Professional Development Activities

• EAB is developing classes to help members prepare for the CSDA and CSDP certification exams

• They’re developing four classes for the CSDA and eight for the CSDP, plus a sample test for each

• I’ve verified that the CSDA and CSDP textbooks and tests include material on standards

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IEEE-CS Curriculum Committee

• The Curriculum Committee has recently completed a model undergraduate curriculum in Computer Science and Engineering

• We are also beginning to develop curricula for grades K-12 and postgraduate

• EAB has not been closely involved in the grades K-12 computing education activity

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EAB Support of Student Competitions

• EAB has a history of supporting student competitions

• We used to have a grant for the high-profile CSIDC competition, but this money has evaporated

• Alan Clements has formed a subcommittee to explore other types of competitions that we can conduct on a greatly reduced budget