Developing an Overview of Computing/Engineering Curricula via the CC2020 Project

Abstract

This work-in-progress paper describes the early work on an enormous undertaking to chart the future of computing education on a global scale. ACM and the IEEE Computer Society are the principal co-sponsors of this endeavor; the project name is Computing Curricular 2020, known also as CC2020. The project involves sixteen countries from six continents. The primary goal of this project is to produce a replacement for the CC2005 computing curricula document that encompasses the computing and educational advances that have occurred since 2005. The resulting report will be futuristic in the sense that it will be a durable document useful to educational institutions, governments, industry, students, and the public on a global scale. This paper presents a digest of the anticipated content of the report and suggestions for its use.