Educational Activities

The Educational Activities Board (EAB) develops, implements and evaluates all educational activities in the computer fields at all levels. The EAB reports directly to the Computer Society's Board of Governors.

EAB is chaired by the Computer Society's Second Vice President and VP of Educational Activities, Alan Clements.  Its current roster is here.

The EAB has the following specific goals:

·  Increase interest in computing disciplines.

·  Provide support for educational programs in computing at all levels.

·  With the Professional Activities Board, identify the needs of members and nonmembers for continuing professional education and training.

·  Prototype, develop and implement continuing professional education and training for members and nonmembers.

·  Through its programs, attract and retain members.

·  Contribute financial support to other programs.

The EAB has six primary activities, each led by a committee.

Curriculum Development

The Curriculum Development Committee has participated with our partner, the Association for Computing Machinery, to develop four curricula and an overview report. The IEEE Computer Society has endorsed a fifth curriculum. All seven volumes are freely available here.

Computing Curricula 2005: The Overview Report describes general principles and commonalities among all of the specific disciplines described in the other four volumes.

Computing Curricula 2001 Computer Science outlines recommendations for undergraduate programs in computer science. 

           A review of this volume resulted in Computer Science Curriculum 2008: An Interim Revision of CS 2001. An HTML version of the interim revision is available here.

Computer Engineering 2004 outlines recommendations for undergraduate programs in computer engineering, an academic field that encompasses the broad areas of computer science and electrical engineering.

Software Engineering 2004 outlines recommendations for undergraduate programs in software engineering, a discipline that the authors state is "more than just coding - it includes quality, schedule and economics, and the knowledge and application of principles and discipline."

Information Technology 2006 outlines recommendations for four-year programs in Information Technology.

Information Systems 2002 was developed by ACM, the Association for Information Systems, and the Association for Information Technology Professionals. It has been endorsed by the IEEE Computer Society.

The IEEE Computer Society will remain actively involved as these volumes are continuously revised. If you have questions about the Society's curriculum activities, please email the 2009 Curriculum Committee chair.

Conferences

This committee is responsible for representing the IEEE Computer Society’s interests in the operations of The Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE).

Continuing Professional Education and Training

This Continuing Professional Education and Training Committee develops and implements various continuing education programs in the areas of computer science and engineering. Among its duties is to develop courses, seminars, and tutorials. It also administers the member e-learning benefits offered through our e-Learning campus.

The emphasis on developing courses is a new one for EAB. Our current focus is on developing both online and instructor-led training for our two certifications: Certified Software Development Professional and Certified Software Development Associate. We also qualify instructors and registered education providers. More information about all of these programs is available at http://www2.computer.org/getcertified. If you have questions about or want to volunteer for these programs, please contact the 2009 Continuing Professional Education and Training Committee chair.

Accreditation

The Accreditation Committee monitors and evaluates curriculum accreditation guidelines in the field of computing and recommend changes as needed. We do this through our role in CSAB, formerly known as the Computer Science Accreditation Board, which is a part of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Computer Society has four representatives and two alternate representatives to CSAB. For more information, contact the 2009 Accreditation Committee chair.

Competitions

This committee has sponsored various competitions in recent years, including the Computer Society International Design Competition and the Computer Society Web Programming Competition. We are currently supporting the IEEE's Xtreme Programming Contest. Check this space often for information about a new competition from the Computer Society.

External Activities and Diversity

Among other activities, this committee oversees our involvement in the Computing Research Association's Image of Computing campaign.

Other useful resources for pre-college (K-12) educators include

Tec Corps, whose goal is to provide information, primarily via the Web, to pre-college teachers in all disciplines that will faciliate their use of technology in the classroom. 

Cyber Careers for the Net Generation, a guide to exploring IT jobs.

For more information about the Computer Society's educational activities, contact the Vice President of Educational Activities, Alan Clements.