Inventing Computing Education to meet all Undergraduates’ Needs is coming at 05/11/2020 - 4:00pm
(via Zoom) Mon, 05/11/2020 - 4:00pm Mark Guzdial Professor, Computer Science & Engineering and Engineering Education Research, University of Michigan Abstract: Computer science was originally invented as a tool to support learning in other disciplines, including engineering and economics. Today, most of computer science education is aimed at preparing future software developers. In this talk, I will review the earliest visions for what computer science might be, and describe how computing education might change to broaden the appeal of and access to computer science education, to something closer to what the inventors of the field had in mind. I will offer an example of what teaching for computational literacy might look like, rather than teaching for software development, and present some new work in *task-specific programming* — re-defining computer programming to meet the unique needs of other disciplines. Bio: Read more: https://eecs.oregonstate.edu/colloquium/inventing-computing-education-me... [1] [1] https://eecs.oregonstate.edu/colloquium/inventing-computing-education-meet-all-undergraduates%E2%80%99-needs
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