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Making CS Learning Visible: Case Studies on How Visibility of Student Work Supports a Community of Learners in CS Classrooms

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Vanessa Oguamanam,

Betsy DiSalvoAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 161 - 167

https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319791

Published: 02 July 2019 Publication History

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Modern learning theories emphasize the critical social aspect of learning. Computer science (CS) classrooms often have "defensive climates'' that inhibit social learning and prevent the development of a community of learners. We believe that we can improve the social context of computer science learning by expanding CS learning beyond the single student in front of a display screen. Our theory is that the single student and single display inhibits collaboration and collaborative awareness of student work. In this paper, we present two case studies where we explored ways to make student work visible to peers. The first case study involved using a studio model for learning enabled by projection-based Augmented Reality (AR), and the second case study involves using a maker-oriented curriculum to make student work visible. Findings suggest the visibility of student work in CS classrooms helped support a community of learners: students collaborated, used each other as sources of inspiration, and felt more comfortable asking for help.

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Making CS Learning Visible: Case Studies on How Visibility of Student Work Supports a Community of Learners in CS Classrooms
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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Castro FHuff ESolomon ABettin BMonga MLonati VBarendsen ESheard JPaterson J(2024)Bringing Our Full Selves Into Computing: Designing, Building, and Fostering Equitable Computing Education CommunitiesProceedings of the 2024 on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3649217.3653550(136-142)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3649217.3653550
Mohamad NOmar HIsa NAmron M(2023)Comprehensive Supervision Platform (CSP) on Padlet as Open Educational Resources Initiative: Our ExperienceFinance, Accounting and Law in the Digital Age10.1007/978-3-031-27296-7_11(111-121)Online publication date: 12-Jul-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27296-7_11
Oguamanam VLee TMcKlin TCochran ZAbowd GDiSalvo BWakkary RAndersen KOdom WDesjardins APetersen M(2020)Cultural ClashProceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3357236.3395544(1131-1142)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3357236.3395544

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