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"LIKES" project earns NSF CPATH award |
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The Living In the KnowlEdge Society (LIKES) Community Building project, led by four sites (Virginia Tech, Villanova, North Carolina A&T, and Santa Clara University) has recently received an NSF-CPATH award of $498,957, of which $289,999 is assigned to Virginia Tech. “The hope of the LIKES project developers is that the transforming of education in computing-related disciplines will yield a next generation of contributors to the knowledge-based society” said Dr. Edward Fox, LIKES Principal investigator and Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (photo).
This is an interdisciplinary initiative. Co-PIs at Virginia Tech include Dr. Carlos Evia (Professional Writing); Dr. Weiguo (Patrick) Fan (Accounting and Information Systems/Computer Science); Dr. Steven Sheetz (Accounting and Information Systems); and Dr. Christopher Zobel (Business Information Technology.) Co-PIs at Villanova, NC A&T, and SCU are Robert Beck, Ed Carr, and Wingyan Chung, respectively.
The LIKES project seeks to deliver new pedagogies in computing education; integration of computing concepts into non-computing disciplines, such as psychology and marketing; principles, guidelines, and techniques for integrating computing and non-computing curricula; and formation of new communities for enhancing that integration.
Through a series of four workshops, related online discussions, and research, the LIKES community is discovering key computing-related issues in core disciplines and engaging leaders nationwide in brainstorming about their computing education needs, as well as facilitating the helpful application of computing for individuals, groups and organizations, globally and in the USA.
For more information, please contact Dr. Fox at
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