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- Apiola, Mikko, et al.
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Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research: An Introduction
- 2023
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Ingår i: Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research. - : Springer Nature. ; , s. 1-7
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter is an introduction to the book “Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research: A Global Perspective.” This book uses a mixture of scientometrics, meta-research and case studies to offer a new view about the evolution and current state of computing education research (CER) as a field of science. In its 21 chapters, this book presents new insights of authors, author communities, publication venues, topics of research, and of regional initiatives and topical communities of CER. This chapter presents an overview of the contents of this book.
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- Apiola, Mikko, et al.
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From a National Meeting to an International Conference : A Scientometric Case Study of a Finnish Computing Education Conference
- 2022
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Ingår i: IEEE Access. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 2169-3536. ; 10, s. 66576-66588
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Computerisation and digitalisation are shaping the world in fundamental and unpredictable ways, which highlights the importance of computing education research (CER). As part of understanding the roots of CER, it is crucial to investigate the evolution of CER as a research discipline. In this paper we present a case study of a Finnish CER conference called Koli Calling, which was launched in 2001, and which has become a central publication venue of CER. We use data from 2001 to 2020, and investigate the evolution of Koli Calling's scholarly communities and zoom in on it's publication habits and internalisation process. We explore the narrative of the development and scholarly agenda behind changes in the conference submission categories from the perspective of some of the conference chairs over the years. We then take a qualitative perspective, analysing the conference publications based on a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. The outcomes include classification of important research clusters of authors in the community of conference contributors. Interestingly, we find traces of important events in the historical development of CER. In particular, we find clusters emerging from specific research capacity building initiatives and we can trace how these connect research spanning the world CER community from Finland to Sweden and then further to the USA, Australia and New Zealand. This paper makes a strategic contribution to the evolution of CER as a research discipline, from the perspective of one central event and publication venue, providing a broad perspective on the role of the conference in connecting research clusters and establishing an international research community. This work contributes insights to researchers in one specific CER community and how they shape the future of computing education
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- Daniels, Mats, 1956-, et al.
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What is Computing Education Research (CER)?
- 2023
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Ingår i: Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research. - : Springer Nature. ; , s. 9-31
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter follows the development of Computing Education Research (CER) from how the CER community emerged from investigating teaching computer science (CS) as a tertiary education subject to becoming a research discipline of its own. Given the rapid growth of Computing as a discipline and the complexity of the research foci aligned with the educational transformation, it is clear that a single definition of CER is not possible. However, taking a historical perspective, including the development of a sense of scholarship, allows us to analyze the focus of CER over time. Furthermore, we will provide an environmental structure for CER that includes the components computing in general, learning and teaching computing, and educational research, to discuss the interaction and overlap between CER and the other aspects of the field of Computing. The concept of scholarship gives a common ground for valuing CER. To that end, we provide a short introduction to scholarship based on a framework developed by Glassick et al. (Scholarship assessed: evaluation of the professoriate. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1997) as a basis for the CER community. Finally, we will reflect on the status of CER as a discipline. In this, we will use some criteria from Fensham (Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research. Springer Science & Business Media, 2004) for a discipline and provide our assessment of how well CER fulfills these criteria. We argue that CER has matured to be seen as a legitimate research discipline and conclude by relating CER to other examples of Discipline Based Education Research (DBER). The chapter lays the groundwork for some of the remaining chapters by presenting our perspective on influential contributions to the international dialogue concerning the content and structure of CER. The chapter also provides an overview of some attempts to define the field, including significant books about CER, panel sessions at major conferences, taxonomies, and structured literature reviews.
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