TY - GEN
T1 - Report of an enriching educational experience
T2 - 43rd Latin American Computer Conference, CLEI 2017
AU - Alfaro, Jaime Gutiérrez
AU - Rodríguez, Aurelio Sanabria
AU - Molina, Diego Munguía
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/18
Y1 - 2017/12/18
N2 - The Costa Rican Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) promotes The Science and Technology Month. This is a yearly celebration aimed at bringing young students closer to science and technology. In 2016, the activity included events in six rural areas around the country. Laboratorio Experimental is a group for research and outreach in computer science education hosted by Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica (TEC) in one of its academic centers in the city of Alajuela. The group was invited by MICITT to participate in the events with a workshop on Free Cartography. Computer science undergrads from TEC Alajuela were involved as the workshops' facilitators. This paper describes the methodology, logistics and other aspects related to the execution of the workshops and reports the evaluation of the enriching educational experience of the students participating as facilitators. The evaluation was done through reflexive essays as the data collection instrument and the indicators defined by the North American National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) survey.
AB - The Costa Rican Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) promotes The Science and Technology Month. This is a yearly celebration aimed at bringing young students closer to science and technology. In 2016, the activity included events in six rural areas around the country. Laboratorio Experimental is a group for research and outreach in computer science education hosted by Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica (TEC) in one of its academic centers in the city of Alajuela. The group was invited by MICITT to participate in the events with a workshop on Free Cartography. Computer science undergrads from TEC Alajuela were involved as the workshops' facilitators. This paper describes the methodology, logistics and other aspects related to the execution of the workshops and reports the evaluation of the enriching educational experience of the students participating as facilitators. The evaluation was done through reflexive essays as the data collection instrument and the indicators defined by the North American National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) survey.
KW - Enriching educational experiences
KW - Service Learning
KW - Societal impact
KW - Undergrads
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85046407573
U2 - 10.1109/CLEI.2017.8226426
DO - 10.1109/CLEI.2017.8226426
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85046407573
T3 - 2017 43rd Latin American Computer Conference, CLEI 2017
SP - 1
EP - 9
BT - 2017 43rd Latin American Computer Conference, CLEI 2017
A2 - Santos, Rodrigo
A2 - Monteverde, Hector
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 4 September 2017 through 8 September 2017
ER -