Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences: Practical Applications in Engineering Education

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xvii

Contributors xxv

Part I: A Framework

CHAPTER 1 A Framework for Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences 3
Brian A. Nejmeh

Part II: Organizational/Pedagogical Models and Approaches to Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences

CHAPTER 2 EPICS Program 27
William Oakes and Carla Zoltowski

CHAPTER 3 Ten Years of EPICS at Butler University: Experiences from Crafting a Service-Learning Program for Computer Science and Software Engineering 39
Panagiotis K. Linos

CHAPTER 4 The Collaborator 77
David Vader

CHAPTER 5 The Humanitarian Free and Open-Source Software Project: Engaging Students in Service-Learning through Building Software 117
Ralph Morelli, Tris han de Lanerolle, and Allen Tucker

Part III: Service-Learning Projects in the Computer and Information Sciences

CHAPTER 6 Some Worked Better Than Others: Experience with a Variety of Service-Learning Projects 141
Ken Vollmar and Peter Sanderson

CHAPTER 7 EPICS Software Development Projects 159
William Oakes and Saurabh Bagchi

CHAPTER 8 HFOSS Service-Learning Case Study: The Bowdoin-Ronald McDonald House Projects 173
Allen Tucker, Ralph Morelli, and Tris han de Lanerolle

CHAPTER 9 Service-Learning and Project Management: The Capstone Course in Information Technology Leadership 195
Charles Hannon

CHAPTER 10 Service-Learning and Entrepreneurship for Engineers 213
Lisa Zidek

CHAPTER 11 Teaching Information Systems Ethics through Service-Learning 243
Thomas S. E. Hilton and Donald D. Mowry

CHAPTER 12 Computer Literacy Service-Learning Project in Brazil 259
Wen-Jung Hsin and Olga Ganzen

Chapter 13 Service-Learning through Agile Software Development 277
Joseph T. Chao and Jennifer B. Warnke

CHAPTER 14 Empowerment through Service-Learning: Teaching Technology to Senior Citizens 297
Sally R. Beisser

CHAPTER 15 Hybridizing Virtual- and Field-Based Service-Learning in Green IT 311
K. Branker and J. M. Pearce

CHAPTER 16 Engaging Engineering Students in a Development Program for a Global South Nation through Service-Learning 335
Willie K. Ofosu, Francois Sekyere, and James Oppong

CHAPTER 17 Leveraging Local Resources to Implement Community-Oriented, Sustainable Computer Education Projects in Los Angeles 357
Rohit Mathew and Christine M. Maxwell

CHAPTER 18 Using Labdoo to Bridge the Digital Divide: A New Form of International Cooperation 369
Jordi ros-Giralt, Kevin Launglucknavalai, Daniel Massaguer, Julieta Casanova, and Christine M. Maxwell

CHAPTER 19 The CHARMS Application Suite: A Community-Based Mobile Data Collection and Alerting Environment for HIV/AIDS Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Zambia 401
Brian A. Nejrneh and Tyler Dean

Part IV: Lessons Learned about Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences

CHAPTER 20 Lessons Learned- Guidance for Building Community Service Projects 431
Michael Werner and Lisa MacLean

CHAPTER 21 Assessing both the Know and Show in IT Service-Learning 453
Rick Homkes

CHAPTER 22 From Kudjip to Succotz: The Successes, Lessons, Joys, and Surprises from 25 Years of Service-Learning Projects 473
James Paul Skon and Doug J. Karl

CHAPTER 23 Educational Impacts of an International Service-Learning Design Project on Project Members and Their Peers 493
Peter E. Johnson

CHAPTER 24 Is the Community Partner Satisfied? 517
Camille George

CHAPTER 25 Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences: Lessons Learned and Guidance for the Future 531
Brian A. Nejmeh

Index 571