Alison Young

Trends and discoveries of the computing educators oral history project

Andrea Lawrence Department of Computer Science Spelman College Atlanta, Georgia 30314 USA +1 404 270-5875 lawrence@spelman.edu Lecia J. Barker (moderator) School of Information The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 USA +1 512 471 3821 lecia@ischool.utexas.edu Amardeep Kahlon Department of Computer Science Austin Community College Austin, Texas 78752 USA +1 512 223 2069 akahlon@austincc.edu

Computing educators oral history project: seeking the trends

This report expands upon the work started by an ITiCSE 2005 Working Group, which established the groundwork for collecting and analyzing the oral histories of computing educators and provided a foundation for the Computing Educators Oral History Project (CEOHP). The main charge for the Working Group during ITiCSE 2008 was to begin analyzing the interviews already included in CEOHP. As part of the process of exploring analysis approaches, we revisited the status of CEOHP and what had been learned since 2005. We report on analytical procedures for using the interviews as research data and as the basis for informational, motivational resources. We describe techniques and software tools we investigated for qualitative (thematic) analysis of this rich set of personal histories. The analysis allowed themes to emerge naturally from the interviews and suggested specific areas for further investigation. The report describes plans, including procedural updates, archival options, web portal needs, legal and ethical issues, target groups, and publication targets. We conclude with a discussion of future challenges for CEOHP.

International perspective of women and computer science

The topic of women in computer science has recently been getting more and more attention. The special issue of the SIGCSE Bulletin inroad (Volume 34, Number 2, published in June 2002) is one of the milestones that indicate this trend. However, a review of this special issue reveals that though the topic is examined from different angles, only one paper addresses it from an international point of view. By presenting statements derived from four countries on four different continents, our panel aims to highlight the topic from this multinational perspective. Throughout the discussion with the audience we hope to identify common interests and to check whether an international agenda with respect to the topic can be formulated.

Are computing educators and researchers different from the rest? (poster session)

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Innovation in post graduate computer science education

This presentation will outline the progress to date of the development of the Master of Computing degree program, the courses developed, the philosophy behind the development, the structure including the exit qualification and the proposed delivery. It will also outline the quality assurance process and the very stringent accreditation process required before it is approved for delivery.

The teaching of programming (poster): changing the delivery to meet all students' needs

Often academic staff win positions in tertiary institutions because of their high level of academic qualifications, their research capability, or their very relevant skills in a particular area within the discipline of Computer Science. They may not necessarily be skilled in the teaching of first year programming students. Yet so often the new staff are given the first year programming classes to teach as may be it is perceived to be an easy introduction to academic life. We would argue that these are the most important courses in the Computer Science curriculum and should have the most skilled teachers assigned to them. Alison Young