Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences

Offering a truly global perspective, this book serves as a road map for service-learning partnerships between information science and nonprofit organizations. It introduces for the first time an essential framework for service learning in CIS, addressing both the challenges and opportunities of this approach for all stakeholders involved: faculty, students, and community nonprofit organizations (NPOs), both domestic and abroad. This volume outlines numerous examples of successful programs from around the world, presenting practical working models for implementing joint projects between NPOs and academia.

Offering a truly global perspective, this book serves as a road map for service-learning partnerships between information science and nonprofit organizations. It introduces for the first time an essential framework for service learning in CIS, addressing both the challenges and opportunities of this approach for all stakeholders involved: faculty, students, and community nonprofit organizations (NPOs), both domestic and abroad. This volume outlines numerous examples of successful programs from around the world, presenting practical working models for implementing joint projects between NPOs and academia.

Preface xiAcknowledgments xviiContributors xxvPart I: A FrameworkCHAPTER 1 A Framework for Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences 3Brian A. NejmehPart II: Organizational/Pedagogical Models and Approaches to Service-Learning in the Computer and Information SciencesCHAPTER 2 EPICS Program 27William Oakes and Carla ZoltowskiCHAPTER 3 Ten Years of EPICS at Butler University: Experiences from Crafting a Service-Learning Program for Computer Science and Software Engineering 39Panagiotis K. LinosCHAPTER 4 The Collaborator 77David VaderCHAPTER 5 The Humanitarian Free and Open-Source Software Project: Engaging Students in Service-Learning through Building Software 117Ralph Morelli, Tris han de Lanerolle, and Allen TuckerPart III: Service-Learning Projects in the Computer and Information SciencesCHAPTER 6 Some Worked Better Than Others: Experience with a Variety of Service-Learning Projects 141Ken Vollmar and Peter SandersonCHAPTER 7 EPICS Software Development Projects 159William Oakes and Saurabh BagchiCHAPTER 8 HFOSS Service-Learning Case Study: The Bowdoin-Ronald McDonald House Projects 173Allen Tucker, Ralph Morelli, and Tris han de LanerolleCHAPTER 9 Service-Learning and Project Management: The Capstone Course in Information Technology Leadership 195Charles HannonCHAPTER 10 Service-Learning and Entrepreneurship for Engineers 213Lisa ZidekCHAPTER 11 Teaching Information Systems Ethics through Service-Learning 243Thomas S. E. Hilton and Donald D. MowryCHAPTER 12 Computer Literacy Service-Learning Project in Brazil 259Wen-Jung Hsin and Olga GanzenChapter 13 Service-Learning through Agile Software Development 277Joseph T. Chao and Jennifer B. WarnkeCHAPTER 14 Empowerment through Service-Learning: Teaching Technology to Senior Citizens 297Sally R. BeisserCHAPTER 15 Hybridizing Virtual- and Field-Based Service-Learning in Green IT 311K. Branker and J. M. PearceCHAPTER 16 Engaging Engineering Students in a Development Program for a Global South Nation through Service-Learning 335Willie K. Ofosu, Francois Sekyere, and James OppongCHAPTER 17 Leveraging Local Resources to Implement Community-Oriented, Sustainable Computer Education Projects in Los Angeles 357Rohit Mathew and Christine M. MaxwellCHAPTER 18 Using Labdoo to Bridge the Digital Divide: A New Form of International Cooperation 369Jordi ros-Giralt, Kevin Launglucknavalai, Daniel Massaguer, Julieta Casanova, and Christine M. MaxwellCHAPTER 19 The CHARMS Application Suite: A Community-Based Mobile Data Collection and Alerting Environment for HIV/AIDS Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Zambia 401Brian A. Nejrneh and Tyler DeanPart IV: Lessons Learned about Service-Learning in the Computer and Information SciencesCHAPTER 20 Lessons Learned- Guidance for Building Community Service Projects 431Michael Werner and Lisa MacLeanCHAPTER 21 Assessing both the Know and Show in IT Service-Learning 453Rick HomkesCHAPTER 22 From Kudjip to Succotz: The Successes, Lessons, Joys, and Surprises from 25 Years of Service-Learning Projects 473James Paul Skon and Doug J. KarlCHAPTER 23 Educational Impacts of an International Service-Learning Design Project on Project Members and Their Peers 493Peter E. JohnsonCHAPTER 24 Is the Community Partner Satisfied? 517Camille GeorgeCHAPTER 25 Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences: Lessons Learned and Guidance for the Future 531Brian A. NejmehIndex 571