Legends and Maps: Efforts to Reveal Hidden Curricula Knowledge Within Our Institution and Its Computing Courses
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
7-14-2025
Abstract
Higher education institutions and the courses within them often expect that students will be able to seek out and find the resources that they need. The concept of ''hidden curriculum'' has come to refer to that which is not taught, but that students are expected to know. This includes not only classroom content that instructors may expect students are already familiar with, but also methods for finding and navigating resources across the institution. Our team sought to help students within our institution with key ''hidden curricula'' topics across their computing courses. In this experience report, we primarily examine our creation and deployment of a resource hub for computing students. We additionally report on how this project has provided insight to some efforts being conducted at an institutional level. By considering ''digital access'' to certain resources through the lens of ''unspoken knowledge'', new forms of ''hidden curricula'' seem ready to be revealed.
Publication Title
Respect 2025 Proceedings of the 2025 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering Computing and Technology
ISBN
[9798400713552]
Recommended Citation
Bettin, B.,
Teahen, J.,
Gatti, I.,
Llanas, A.,
Garnett, T.,
Perr, T.,
Ureel, L.,
&
Brown, L.
(2025).
Legends and Maps: Efforts to Reveal Hidden Curricula Knowledge Within Our Institution and Its Computing Courses.
Respect 2025 Proceedings of the 2025 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering Computing and Technology, 254-261.
http://doi.org/10.1145/3704637.3734785
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p2/1952