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Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computing students' sense of belonging

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computing students' sense of belonging In Inv ves estiga tigating the ting the Impac Impact o t of the f the COVID-19 P COVID-19 Pandemic andemic on Computing on Computing Studen Students’ Sense ts’ Sense o of Belonging f Belonging Ca Catherine Moone therine Mooney y, , Univ Univer ersity College Dublin sity College Dublin and Br and Bre ett tt A. Beck A. Becker er, , Univ Univer ersity College Dublin sity College Dublin ense of belonging, or belongingness, describes how movement has further raised global awareness of equality, accepted one feels in their academic community diversity and inclusion not just in society, but in educational and is an important factor in creating inclusive learning contexts. Climate change concerns, and politically-charged environments. Belongingness is influenced by many factors news are also increasingly affecting our students. including: students’ backgrounds and experiences; other We have been monitoring our undergraduate computing people; environments (physical and virtual); academic students’ sense of belonging for over three years, providing discipline; external factors such as local, regional, and us with a unique opportunity to gauge recent changes global issues; and time. 2020 has been dominated by several during the pandemic. Our results surprised us. We found major events including the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM Inroads Association for Computing Machinery

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computing students' sense of belonging

Mooney, Catherine; Becker, Brett A.
ACM Inroads , Volume 12 (2): 8 – May 10, 2021
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In Inv ves estiga tigating the ting the Impac Impact o t of the f the COVID-19 P COVID-19 Pandemic andemic on Computing on Computing Studen Students’ Sense ts’ Sense o of Belonging f Belonging Ca Catherine Moone therine Mooney y, , Univ Univer ersity College Dublin sity College Dublin and Br and Bre ett tt A. Beck A. Becker er, , Univ Univer ersity College Dublin sity College Dublin ense of belonging, or belongingness, describes how movement has further raised global awareness of equality, accepted one feels in their academic community diversity and inclusion not just in society, but in educational and is an important factor in creating inclusive learning contexts. Climate change concerns, and politically-charged environments. Belongingness is influenced by many factors news are also increasingly affecting our students. including: students’ backgrounds and experiences; other We have been monitoring our undergraduate computing people; environments (physical and virtual); academic students’ sense of belonging for over three years, providing discipline; external factors such as local, regional, and us with a unique opportunity to gauge recent changes global issues; and time. 2020 has been dominated by several during the pandemic. Our results surprised us. We found major events including the

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