一句话：介绍 INSPIRE 项目，以社区参与式学习和支持网络赋能弱势群体学生，促进软件工程教育多样性。
论文针对计算机科学与工程领域多样性不足的长期问题，介绍加拿大维多利亚大学的 INSPIRE: STEM for Social Impact 项目。24名来自不同学术领域、性别、族裔及技术教育背景的学生，与6个社区伙伴合作，在四个月内学习并开发应对社会或环境问题的数字解决方案。项目采用体验式学习与多元团队协作，使学生获得胜任感、关联感和自主感，契合自我决定理论，并激励其建立志同道合者网络，以留在软件工程领域。论文描述项目设计、实施经验与教训，并为高校和组织提供改编建议。
While a lack of diversity is a longstanding problem in computer science and engineering, universities and organizations continue to look for solutions to this issue. Among the first of its kind, we launched INSPIRE: STEM for Social Impact, a program at the University of Victoria, Canada, aimed to motivate and empower students from underrepresented groups in computer science and engineering to develop digital solutions for society impactful projects by engaging in experiential learning projects with identified community-partners. The twenty-four students in the program came from diverse backgrounds in terms of academic areas of study, genders, ethnicities, and levels of technical and educational experience. Working with six community partners, these students spent four months learning and developing solutions for a societal and/or environmental problem with potential for local and global impacts. Our experiences indicate that working in a diverse team with real clients on solving pressing issues produces a sense of competence, relatedness, and autonomy which are the basis of self-determination theory. Due to the unique structure of this program, the three principles of self-determination theory emerged through different experiences, ultimately motivating the students to build a network of likeminded people. The importance of such a network is profound in empowering students to succeed and, in retrospect, remain in software engineering fields. We address the diversity problem by providing diverse, underrepresented students with a safe and like-minded environment where they can learn and realize their full potential. Hence, in this paper, we describe the program design, experiences, and lessons learned from this approach. We also provide recommendations for universities and organizations that may want to adapt our approach.
@inproceedings{abs-2302-07100,
title = {Leveraging Diversity in Software Engineering Education through Community Engaged Learning and a Supportive Network},
author = {Nowshin Nawar Arony and Kezia Devathasan and Ze Shi Li and Daniela Damian},
booktitle = {ICSE},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/icse-seet58685.2023.00029}
}