NSF Laid Down the Gauntlet to STEM about Computational Science Education

According to SRI, The National Science Foundation (NSF) has laid down the gauntlet challenging the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) communities to establish a basis for long-term impact on the nature and scope of computational science education at all levels. Millions of dollars have been spent on campus technology without faculty leveraging its full investigational, inquiry-enabling uses (interactive computing, modeling, simulation, data analysis, visualization). A new grant from NSF will provoke a national discourse led by Shodor and SRI on how to improve both content and methods courses for undergraduates who will be future scientists and engineers, future teachers, or both. It’s great to see Tier 1 continuing attention to education that includes use of advanced technologies. I wonder if they will examine digital ink use.