Implications of Online Learning for Novice Students
The case of the Introduction to Computer Science course.
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Discovery: User Manual of the Oldest Surviving Computer in the World
A rare find: the user manual of the oldest surviving computer in the world, the Zuse Z4 relay machine (1945).
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Computer Chess Championship in 1970.
Students Need to Know What Success in Computing Looks Like, Starting from Realistic Expectations
Intro CS students sometimes think professional programmers are super-human, which makes it hard to live up to those expectations.
Teaching CS Undergrads Online to Work With Others Effectively
Orit Hazzan on the challenges of taking a CS soft skills class online after teaching it in a classroom for a decade.
Preparation for Building the First Swiss Digital Computer (Ermeth)
Eduard Stiefel's study trip to the U.S. in 1948/1949.
Integrating Computing in School Subjects: A Conceptual Framework for Design and Analysis
This post presents a conceptual framework for integrating computing and computational thinking into other domains. The framework is intended to support curriculum and assessment design, as well as providing analysis of examples of practice.
Closing the ‘Trust Gap’ in Contact Tracing/Exposure Notification Technology
The digitization of contact tracing presents an array of challenges.
Can Research Universities Become Exponential?
We argue that exponential research and exponential teaching may exert mutual influence and foster each other, creating together the exponential research university.
3 Proposals to Change How We Teach Computing In Order to Reduce Inequality
Computer Science education is inequitable. The least-prepared students are going to be hurt the most in online teaching. We have to make change now.
How WWII Was Won, and Why CS Students Feel Unappreciated
John Arquilla considers how code-breaking helped end a war, while Jeremy Roschelle ponders the use of music in data science education.
Towards Equity in K-12 Computer Science Education: Consistency, Cumulativity and Competencies
To address structural barriers in Computer Science education, school districts are now looking beyond the need for specific courses or tools. They are developing K-12 pathways that are consistent, cumultative and competency-based.
The Software that Led to the Lockdown
One of the key drivers for the decision to lockdown the U.K. in late March 2020 was a computational epidemiological model developed at Imperial College, London.
Restoring Industry Participation in Computer Science Conferences
When I complained at ISCA 2019 about a lack of papers on real industrial products, I was assigned to help fix the problem.
Ten Challenges of Data Science Education
We highlight 10 challenges of data science education, clustered into three categories: (a) Discipline, (b) Skills, and (c) Environment.
Computing Ethics and Teaching It
Ethics can and should be presented to computer science students in appropriate ways.
Transitioning to Distance Learning and Virtual Conferencing
John Arquilla considers responses to the Coronavirus pandemic, while Mark Guzdial ponders the impacts of competitive enrollment.
‘Underrepresented Minority’ Considered Harmful, Racist Language
The foundation of any collective action, of any community, is language. It influences how we feel, react, and understand.
The Advantages of Teaching Soft Skills to CS Undergrads Online
On the added value of teaching an online soft skills course to undergrad computer science students.
Technology in the Time of Cataclysms
How is the development of technology, and its more basic cousin science, affected during such cataclysmic times?
Automatic Translators are Not Really Capable of Learning
One does not get the impression the Google Translate and DeepL translation programs are self-learning and have made real progress.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
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