We read 510 papers to understand how CER wields demographic data and identified considerations for more rigorous and equitable research. Demographic data is critical to computing education because it helps us to understand how people from diverse groups experience similar phenomena in different ways. For example, demographic data could help…

Measure and offset for today; invest in collective action for tomorrow! — Best case scenario, it will take at least 20–30 years to stabilize global temperatures. So if all goes really well, my children’s children may grow up on an earth similar to what I grew up in. …

I presented at the panel on Equitable Learning Analytics — Why should everyone care? at LAK 2021. Here are slides from my talk (GSlides). Here are publications I referenced in my talk Desrosières, Alain. The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning. Harvard University Press, 2002. Kane, Michael…

We need better PD for CS educators, and Dr. Sue Sentance guides us through the decades of PD research to make it happen! Early this month, I got to serve as session chair for Dr. Sue Sentance’s keynote speech at the CSEdGrad Virtual Conference. …

Summary and reflection on the 2020 DUB Retreat, a physically distant but socially connected meeting of HCI & design researchers. The 2020 DUB retreat was the first remote version of this retreat we’ve ever had. This retreat is an annual reunion of sorts for DUB, necessary because DUB is spread…

It’s important for learners to have control over their online learning experiences. But designing the information to make that happens is nuanced! Imagine if you told somebody who had never programmed before to “go learn it on the internet.” How would that happen? They might search on the internet “how…

Tech can only amplify the values, biases of their creators. The rest of us can still act. Kentaro Toyamo calls for action at the 2019 iConference opening keynote. At the opening keynote, Kentaro Toyama spoke about Technology’s Law of Amplification and what it means to iSchools. An iSchool is an…

In 5–10 yrs, all the technology you built will be obsolete. So what will be your lasting contributions? Ponderings from my first doctoral colloquium… As a third year PhD candidate who just completed my general exam (please reread “candidate”), it was prime time to attend my first doctoral colloquium (known…

While intro CS courses teach concepts, they could/should also teach SKILLS! You’re in your first day of your first computer science (CS1) course. The instructor wants to “dive right in.” They want you to open up your computer and to the “IDE” you were supposed to download before class and…