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Four Conversations About Human-Centric AI
I discuss the different conversations, their limits, and what we really need to be talking about.
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10 Tips for Implementing Executable Exams
The focus is on executable exams for an Introduction to Computer Science course.
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20 Years of 'Software Engineering for Innovative Internet Applications'
Addressing the question: Why is software engineering part of the undergraduate computer science curriculum?
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Inclusive Integration of Computing in School Districts: Two Essential Tradeoffs
When integrating computer science and computational thinking in a school district through inclusive learning pathways, school district leaders face challenging...
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Why Did We Ever Think the First Programming Language Didn't Matter?
Maybe the first programming language didn't really matter, because students learning programming were different.
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The Evolution of Computing Power in Switzerland
Milestones in the history of computing from the Swiss National Supercomputing Center, Lugano.
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A MERge Analysis of an Organizational Change: The Case of Internalization at Home
How the Technion assimilated its international activities into its other units’ activities and, at the same time, reduced operational costs related to its international...
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New Social-Economic Trends in Computer Science Education
Considering new social-economic trends in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Data Science education.
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An Open Call to Establish an Interdisciplinary Data Science Education Journal
In this blog, we describe our vision for a journal that would focus on data science education from the interdisciplinarity perceptive.
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Computing Education Is Not the Same as Engineering Education
Learning Engineering is not always about Becoming an Engineer. Computing Education outside of Engineering Education is bigger than the part inside.
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Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Graph Databases
SQL represents data stored in rows and tables, while high-growth NoSQL is data stores arranged via nested documents as columnar schemas or key-value pairs. One...
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AI or Intelligence Augmentation for Education?
Applications of artificial intelligence to education are spreading and intensifying, but we have the acronym backwards. Building ethical, equitable applications...
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Is the Pandemic Affecting Science and Engineering Undergraduate Students?
The importance of the students’ voice.
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How I Evaluate a College Computer Science Teaching Record
Teaching is a skill, and the best teachers use the best methods.
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Lessons From and For Online Teaching
The troika model for successful online teaching.
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The Skills Students Gain in Online Learning
The Corona Year as an opportunity for science and engineering students to practice 21st century skills.
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First-Year Research Sources
Identifying publications for first-year research requires some digging and some non-standard choices.
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Project Managers Shouldn't Trust Their Programmers. Do This Instead
Don't simply trust and pay your programmers. Why? Because you may end up losing. Instead, you need to validate and review the work performed. Doing so set you up...
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What Liberal Arts and Sciences Students Need to Know About Computing
Defining goals for computing education beyone CS and Informatics offerings.
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Computers for Learning: Charisma that Fails to Disrupt?
Two books examine why large-scale learning technology often doesn’t achieve expectations. Technology can improve learning at scale, but charismatic stories about...
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