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Call for Collaboration Between Computing Disciplines in Computing Education Research

Call for Collaboration Between Computing Disciplines in Computing Education Research. ACM Computing Education Workshop in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2010 Heikki Topi, Bentley University. Computing Education Research Communities. A selection of communities in computing education research

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Call for Collaboration Between Computing Disciplines in Computing Education Research

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  1. Call for Collaboration Between Computing Disciplines in Computing Education Research ACM Computing Education Workshop in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2010 Heikki Topi, Bentley University

  2. Computing Education Research Communities • A selection of communities in computing education research • SIGCSE community • International Computing Education Research (ICER) workshop • SIGCSE and ITiCSE • Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research • Australasian Computing Education Conference

  3. Computing Education Research Communities Revisited • A selection of communities in computing education research • SIGCSE community • International Computing Education Research (ICER) workshop • SIGCSE and ITiCSE • Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research • Australasian Computing Education Conference • ACM SIGITE • AIS SIGED: IAIM – International Conference on Informatics Education Research • AIS regional conferences: AMCIS, ECIS, PACIS • ISECON

  4. Journals PublishingComputing Education Research • Journals • Computer Science Education • ACM Transactions on Computing Education • SIGCSE Bulletin

  5. Journals Publishing Computing Education Research Revisited • Journals • Computer Science Education • ACM Transactions on Computing Education • SIGCSE Bulletin • Journal of Informatics Education Research • Information Systems Education Journal • The Journal of Information Technology Education

  6. Symptoms of Lack of Synergy • Little interaction between computing education researchers within different computing disciplines • Low level of cross-utilization of research results • Lister & Box (2009) – A Citation Analysis of ICER 2005-07 Proceedings • Casual review of recent conference proceedings • Strong believe in the uniqueness of each discipline’s research problems

  7. Benefits of Collaboration • Strengthening communities that are relatively small • Particularly important for the very small communities of IS and IT education researchers • Gaining access to a broader experience and expertise base • Building opportunities for ongoing collaboration • Requires the recognition of specialized areas of expertise • Sharing research methodology expertise and innovations

  8. The real challenge in computer education is to avoid the temptation to re-invent the wheel. Computers are a revolutionary human invention, so we might think that teaching and learning about computers requires a new of human learning has not changed in the last 50 years. Too much of the research in computing education ignores the hundreds of years of education, cognitive science, and learning sciences research that have gone before us. (Guzdial, 2005)

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