Conferences appropriate for CS Education Research

Conferences represent an important venue for publishing and reading papers related to research in Computer Science Education. While there are many more conferences than those listed here, this list represents several of those most interesting for CS Ed researchers. If you have further suggestions, please send email to <almstrum@cs.utexas.edu>.

Conferences (co-)sponsored by ACM SIGCSE

• ACM Calendar of SIGCSE events
• SIGCSE Technical Symposium
  • Annual conference held since 1969.
  • Scheduled during late February or March in the USA.
  • The next instance of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium is listed at http://www.sigcse.org/
  • Focus: Papers, panels, and special sessions vary from describing classroom experiences to teaching techniques, from curricular initiatives to educational research projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to iovations or pedagogy in any computer science course, experimental evidence of successful teaching approaches, defining and improving success in CS1 and CS2, sSoftware engineering in a computer science curriculum, distance education, managing large classes, and service courses for the non-major.
• ITiCSE (Innovation and Technology in CS Education)
  • Annual conference first held in 1996.
  • Scheduled during June, July, or August, generally somewhere in Europe.
  • The next instance of ITiCSE is listed at http://www.sigcse.org/
  • During the first few years it occurred, the conference was co-sponsored with ACM SIGCUE (which is now disbanded).
  • Focus: Besides traditional conference activities (papers, panels, etc.) focused on computing education issues, the working group component result in one or more reports each year on various aspects of computing education.
• Australasian Conference on CS Education
  • First held in 1996
  • Held during December/January in Australia or another country in that region of the world.
  • Conference link listed at http://www.sigcse.org/ once the conference is scheduled.
  • Focus: submissions that describe innovations in teaching computer science, information systems, and information technology, at all tertiary levels.

Small College Computing Conferences (sponsored by CCSC)

• Regional conferences held annually throughout North America
• Regions include Southeastern, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, Northeastern, Central Plains, and South Central
• The full list of venues and websites is available via the URL http://www.furman.edu/~treu/ccsc/conferences/

Conference on the Teaching of Computing

• Annual conference in Ireland, first held in 1993.
• Sponsored by the Centre for Teaching Computing at Dublin City University (DCU) in association with the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Computing (CTI) at the University of Ulster.
• In 1998, co-sponsored the ITiCSE conference(see description above)
• No website appears to exist for past or current conferences.

Conferences (co-) sponsored by IEEE and its subunits

• Frontiers in Education
  • First held in 1971.
  • Promotes the widespread dissemination of innovations in engineering education.
  • Sponsored by ASEE's Educational Research & Methods Division, the IEEE Education Society, and the IEEE Computer Society
• CSEE&T (Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training)
  • Offered in cooperation with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
  • Starting in 1998, the conference has been scheduled to occur immediately before the SIGCSE Technical Symposium in the same city
  • Focus: Offers educators and industry professionals the opportunity to share and expand their knowledge of software engineering education and training.
• International Symposium on Computer Employment and Education (ISCEE)
  • This conference was held in 1998 and earlier, but appears to have not occurred since that time judging from hits on the web.
  • Focus: draw a global perspective about the future of computer employment/education.

Events (co-)sponsored by IFIP

• Technical Committee 3 and its various Working Groups sponsor various events. While some are closed meetings, many eventshave an open attendance policy.
• The conferences link on the main IFIP site lists upcoming IFIP-sponsored events.
• Examples of events:
  • IFIP WG 3.1 Working Conference on Informatics in Elementary Education (1983 in Malente, Germany)
  • Communications and Networking in Education (June 1999 in Helsinki, Finland); sponsored by IFIP TC3 WG 3.1, 3.5 and 3.6
  • World Conference on Computers in Education (July/August 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark); sponsored by IFIP TC3
  • IFIP WG 3.6 Working Conference on Quality in Education at a Distance (February 2003 in Geelong, Australia)

Empirical Studies of Programmers Workshops

• First held in 1986. Frequency for many years was to meet about once every 18 months.
• There does not appear to be a single up-to-date website on the Empirical Studies of Programmers Workshops. The proceedings are available in book form.
• Focus: The original purpose of the workshop was to bring researchers doing empirical studies of programmers together for face to face sharing of ideas. The ESP workshop is still the only meeting which focuses exclusively on empirical studies of programming.

Conference on College Teaching and Learning

• Conference started in 1989; held annually in Florida during the spring.
• URL for the conference is http://www.teachlearn.org/final.html
• Focus: International conference stressing applications of learning and motivation theory and research and technology in higher education learning. Emphasis is on research and practice in teaching and learning--with focus on uses of innovative learning strategies and the Internet in face-to-face, blended and online course development and teaching.

Conferences (co-)sponsored by NECA

• NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)
  • Held annually since 1980; occurs during June
  • Focus: Provide K-12 and university-level educational professionals with an annual forum to learn, exchange, and survey the leaps and bounds being made in the field of education technology. Give participants the unique to discover and share what they need to develop the appropriate use of technology in their classrooms, districts, and universities.
  • Targeted attendees include Teachers, Technology Coordinators and Administrators, Library/Media Specialists, Teacher Educators, Computer Science Teachers and Professors

Conferences (co-)sponsored by AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing)

• SITE Conference
  • Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference
  • Focus: The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to the use of information technology in teacher education, and instruction about information technology in preservice, inservice, graduate teacher education, and faculty and staff development. The call encourages proposals that address theory, research, and applications, as well as innovative projects.
• ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM
  • World Conference on Educational Multimedia/Hypermedia and Educational Telecommunications
  • Focus: Serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia/hypermedia and distance education.
• E-Learn
  • World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
  • Focus: a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors.

Conferences (co-)sponsored by the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)

• International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
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• Earlier conference websites are also available, including the 1998 instance at Georgia Tech, 2000 instance at University of Michigan, 2002 instance at University of Washington, 2004 instance at UCLA.
• Purpose: The field of the Learning Sciences is concerned with educational research from the dual perspectives of human cognition and computing technologies, and the application of this research in three integrated areas: design, cognition, and social context.

 
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