چکیده (انگلیسی):

In this study, we focus on two objectives: (1) To raise
awareness of the computing field in three groups of students-high
school, freshmen in their first term of university (i.e., students taking
the Introduction to IT course) and freshmen in their second term of
university (i.e., students taking the Programming I course); and (2)
to organize visible CS/IT activities (i.e., robots, the Google
Developer Group (GDG), Hour of Code, etc.) and involve as many
students as possible. We conducted a detailed survey among these
three groups of students to measure the effectiveness of making
presentations on CS/IT and determine whether or not awareness of
computer science increased as a result. As well, we organized a series
of CS/IT activities and events. We measured the effectiveness of the
Hour of Code activity on 515 students from grades 1 to 5. The survey
results were promising and we conclude that such efforts should
continue to be a topic of research into student enrollment growth in the
future academic terms. It is also framed to benefit faculty members,
administrators and others throughout the global community.