Cognimates

hat includes…g what students at ETH and other Swiss educational institutions value in their learning. One of the interesting nuances we found was that the term “informatics,” which is much more common in Switzerland and Germany, is considered a superset that includes computing but also other subjects, whereas in the US information and computing are viewed as two interconnected but distinct disciplines. We had many debates about what is important to learn about CS and how things should be learned; muc…