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Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................ vi Preface ................................................................................................ x Chapter I Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online .. 1 Madhumita Bhattacharya, Massey University, New Zealand Lone Jorgensen, Massey University, New Zealand Chapter II Dialectic Argumentation for Promoting Dialogue in IT Education: An Epistemological Framework for Considering the Social Impacts of IT ................................................................................................. 15 John R. Dakers, University of Glasgow, UK Chapter III Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project . 38 Mary Kirk, Metropolitan State University, USA Chapter IV Gender and Programming: Mixing the Abstract and the Concrete .. 68 Peter McKenna, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Chapter V Dimensions of Sustainable Diversity in IT: Applications to the IT College Major and Career Aspirations Among Underrepresented High School Students of Color .......................................................... 92 Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University, USA Ali Akbari, California Lutheran University, USA Jamshid Damooei, California Lutheran University, USA Chapter VI Under-Representation of African American Women Pursuing Higher-Level Degrees in the Computer Science Technology Fields ... 129 Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle, Towson University, USA Chapter VII Working with Students in Math, Technology, and Sciences for Better Success: One Faculty Member ¶ s Experience ...................... 141 Shirish Shah, Towson University, USA Tracy Miller, Towson University, USA Chapter VIII Assessing Diversity Issues in Instructional Technology: Strategies that Enhance Student Learning and Generate Outcomes Assessment Data ........................................................... 153 Virginia Johnson Anderson, Towson University, USA Chapter IX The Open Ended Group Project: A Way of Including Diversity in the IT Curriculum ........................................................................ 166 Xristine Faulkner, London South Bank University, UK Mats Daniels, Uppsala University, Sweden Ian Newman, Loughborough University, UK Chapter X Attack of the Rainbow Bots: Generating Diversity through Multi-Agent Systems ...................................................................... 196 Samuel G. Collins, Towson University, USA Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA Chapter XI Adaptive Technology in a Computing Curriculum ........................... 242 Blaise W. Liffick, Millersville University, USA Chapter XII Tessellations: A Tool for Diversity Infusions in the Curriculum .... 262 Reza Sarhangi, Towson University, USA Gabriele Meiselwitz, Towson University, USA Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA Chapter XIII Training Faculty for Diversity Infusion in the IT Curriculum ......... 280 Goran P. Trajkovski, Towson University, USA About the Authors ........................................................................... 310 Index ............................................................................................... 317

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