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IT Education Research in Excited

Join the IT professionals and educators at the Excited IPIT meeting in Ann Arbor, June 2019. Explore 5 projects with strong synergies to increase knowledge of IT, engage students in IT disciplines, and nurture excitement through construction-based learning.

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IT Education Research in Excited

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  1. IT Education Research in Excited IPIT meeting, Ann Arbor, June 2019 Guttorm Sindre

  2. Activities(5 projects w/ strong synergies) Increase the knowledge of IT and the IT profession in the population, esp. for pre-university students (NTNU, Divitini) Engage first year students in exploring the IT discipline, encourage good working habits from day one (NTNU, Aalberg) Nurture students’ excitement by “learning through construction” (NORD, Kolås) Concepts, practices, and tools for students and teachers; innovative arena for cross-campus learning (NTNU, Hjelsvold) Strengthen and expand the education-work connectivity, support continuous learning and reflection (NTNU, Krogstie) P1 P2 P3 P4 P5

  3. P1 : Informed Decision • What? • Helpimprovepre-university IT education • Improveuniversityactivitiestowards pre-universityyouth • Why? • Better recruitment, bettergenderbalance • Better IT competence in society • How? • Contribute to IT teachereducation • Make appealinglearningresources and events • Communicatevarietyofjobs and skills needed • For IPIT • Look at joint challenges for recruitment? • Exchange of best practices • Joint developmentofresources for children?

  4. P1 : Examplesofresearch • Understandingcurrentsituation • Serussi & Divitini. «Girls and computing in lowersecondaryeducation: The surprisinglyunsurprisingresultsof a Norwegian exploratorystudy». Proc UDIT 2017. • Improve by • Engatinglearningactivities • Bergen, Solberg, Sæthre & Divitini. «Supportingthe Co-design of Games for PrivacyAwareness». In Int’lConf Interactive Collaborative Learning, 2018 • Mavroudi et al. «Designing IoTapplications in lowersecondaryschools». Proc. EDUCON 2018. • Better teachers • Vujosevic, thesisproject: «Supporting computer science teachingbeyond syllabus: ICT for cooperation and reflection»

  5. P2 : Projects ofBecoming • What? • Help students make thetransition from high-school to university • Developgoodstudyhabits from Day 1 • Why? • First year is crucial • Somestrugglewithpoorstudytechnique, procrastination, loneliness • How? • Revise / revolutionize intro program for new students • Better structureof first year • Better courses, betterlearning in first year For IPIT • Comparechallenges for high-school–universitytransition • Exchange best practices?

  6. P2 : Examplesofresearch • Understandingcurrentsituation • Lorås, Sindre, & Aalberg. First year computer science education in Norway. Proc. UDIT 2018 • First yearprogrammingcourses: Compulsoryexerciseshelpful? • Interventions • Lorås & Aalberg. «Informatics studyday: helping CS students becomebetter students». Poster at ITiCSE2018 • Kolås et al. "NordHunt – gamification for a smooth start ofuniversitylife." EdMedia+ Innovate Learning. 2018. • Otherwaysofteaching first yearcourses • Loråsthesistopic: «From studying to learning computer science: The first-yearexperienceof computer science education at university»

  7. P3: Learningthrough Construction • What? • LtCcanincrease student motivation and engagement • Why? • Makingsomethingthatworks is rewarding • How? • More LtC Better LtC • For IPIT • Improvelearningoutcomedescriptions • Better progressionthroughstudyprogrammes • Teachingapproaches, assessment, ...

  8. P3 : Examplesofresearch • Understandingcurrentsituation • Kolås et al. «Learning throughconstruction in IT courses» Proc. NOKOBIT 2017 • Case studies onspecificcourses • Kolås & Munkvold. «Learning throughconstruction: A roller coaster ride ofacademicemotions», Proc. CSERC 2017 • Szynkiewicz, thesistopic: «Learning through Construction: Influenceon IT students’ identityformation»

  9. P4: Sharing and Diversity • What? • Collaborate across campuses • And develop tools to support this • Increased diversity of offerings • Why? • More effective use of resources • Higher quality and more choice for students • How? • Share experiences in a Community of Practice • Blended learning across campuses • For IPIT • Consider an international CoP or CoI • Sharing of courses, modules, and resources • Online / distance offerings? • Learning outcomes of exchange

  10. P4 : Examplesofresearch • Case studies on • Project courseswith students in severalcampuses • Sievi-Korte, Systä, & Hjelsvold. «Global vs. local—Experiences from a distributedsoftwareprojectcourseusing agile methodologies». Proc. FIE 2015. • Hjelsvold & Mishra. «Exploring and Expanding GSE Educationwith Open Source Software Development». ACM TOCE, 19(2), 2019. • Cross campus coursesstreaminglectures • Hjelsvold, R., & Bahmani, A. «Challenges in Repurposing Single-Campus Courses to Multi-Campus Settings». Læring om læring, 3(1), 2019 • Future: • interactivelearning materials, automatedself-tests • toolssupporting student reflection • Bahmani, thesistopic: «Resources, Organization and Learning Quality in Multi-campus Education»

  11. P5 : Career-Readiness • What? • Understand work-lifeneeds and relevanceofcurricula • Increaseindustryparticipation in teaching • Why? • Increasecareer-readinessofcandidates • And students wrt summer jobs / internships • Show relevanceof all courses, enhancemotivation • How? • Gather data from employers, alumni, int’lsources • More cleveruseofguestlectures, projects, etc. • Encourage student self-reflection • For IPIT • Joint researchoncareer-readiness / employability • What to learn and how • E-portfolios, feedback loops, ... • Exchange of best practices for industryinteraction?

  12. P5 : Examplesofresearch • Industry involvement in teaching • Krogstie & Krogstie. «Guestlectures in IT courses – Recommendationsbasedon an empiricalstudy» Proc. NOKOBIT 2018 • Employabilityofcandidates • Lundberg, Gaustad, & Krogstie. «The employerperspectiveonemployability». Proc. EDUCON 2018. • Student summer jobs: How, when, why? • Phdthesistopics • Lundberg: Improving students’ understandingofemployability • Olstand, thesistopic: E-portfolios for improvedcompetenceawareness

  13. Conclusion • Excited is a Norwegian Centre for Excellence in IT Education • Educationalimprovement • Research • International collaboration and dissemination is alsoimportant for us • If someone is interested in collaborationwiththeprojects P1 – P5, pleasecontactus

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