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Lang, Catherine; Craig, Annemieke; Egan, Mary Anne – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2016
There is a need for outreach programs to attract a diverse range of students to the computing discipline. The lack of qualified computing graduates to fill the growing number of computing vacancies is of concern to government and industry and there are few female students entering the computing pipeline at high school level. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Information Technology, Information Science Education, Secondary School Students
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Lang, Catherine; Fisher, Julie; Craig, Annemieke; Forgasz, Helen – Computer Science Education, 2015
This article presents a reflective analysis of an outreach programme called the Digital Divas Club. This curriculum-based programme was delivered in Australian schools with the aim of stimulating junior and middle school girls' interest in computing courses and careers. We believed that we had developed a strong intervention programme based on…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Computer Science, Females, Foreign Countries