Computational Thinking in Virtual Learning Environments
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Betul Czerkawski, University of Arizona, United States
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Kona, Hawaii, United States Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA
Abstract
There is a growing interest in examining how computer scientists think and the way these thinking methods could be used by the students whose major is not computer science. The reason for this focus on computer science is in direct response to the much needed skill of effectively solving problems using computing devices. In 2006, Jeanette Wing, in her seminal paper on computational thinking, suggested that computational thinking, which involves the ways computer scientists formulate problems with the use of computers, is a thinking skill for all students in the digital age, not only for computer scientists. After this call, there were many initiatives (e.g. ISTE, CSTA) which proposed substantial suggestions to integrate computational thinking skills across K-12 schools. The purpose of the paper is to illustrate how CT can be integrated in a virtual higher education curriculum and discuss some of the pedagogical considerations for teaching.
Citation
Czerkawski, B. (2015). Computational Thinking in Virtual Learning Environments. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1227-1231). Kona, Hawaii, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/152154/.
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