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What Everyone Knows and What No One Knows
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What Everyone Knows and What No One Knows

Who cares about logic?

Agile Management of the Corona Crisis in the Start-Up Nation
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Agile Management of the Corona Crisis in the Start-Up Nation

Is there an efficient management solution for this crisis?

Implications of Online Learning for Novice Students
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Implications of Online Learning for Novice Students

The case of the Introduction to Computer Science course.

The Laughing is Over
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The Laughing is Over

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Computer Chess Championship in 1970.

Trolleyspotting
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Trolleyspotting

The Trolley Problem is not for solving, but for exploring.

Students Need to Know What Success in Computing Looks Like, Starting from Realistic Expectations
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Students Need to Know What Success in Computing Looks Like, Starting from Realistic Expectations

Intro CS students sometimes think professional programmers are super-human, which makes it hard to live up to those expectations.

Things To Do To An Algorithm
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Things To Do To An Algorithm

What happens when people's fate hangs on machine learning?

Can Machine Learning Algorithms Replace Exams?
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Can Machine Learning Algorithms Replace Exams?

Radical thoughts on exams in times of COVID-19.  

Integrating Computing in School Subjects: A Conceptual Framework for Design and Analysis
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Integrating Computing in School Subjects: A Conceptual Framework for Design and Analysis

This post presents a conceptual framework for integrating computing and computational thinking into other domains. The framework is intended to support curriculum...

Can Research Universities Become Exponential?
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Can Research Universities Become Exponential?

We argue that exponential research and exponential teaching may exert mutual influence and foster each other, creating together the exponential research university...

Towards Equity in K-12 Computer Science Education: Consistency, Cumulativity and Competencies
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Towards Equity in K-12 Computer Science Education: Consistency, Cumulativity and Competencies

To address structural barriers in Computer Science education, school districts are now looking beyond the need for specific courses or tools. They are developing...

3 Proposals to Change How We Teach Computing In Order to Reduce Inequality
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3 Proposals to Change How We Teach Computing In Order to Reduce Inequality

Computer Science education is inequitable. The least-prepared students are going to be hurt the most in online teaching. We have to make change now.

Restoring Industry Participation in Computer Science Conferences
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Restoring Industry Participation in Computer Science Conferences

When I complained at ISCA 2019 about a lack of papers on real industrial products, I was assigned to help fix the problem.

Ten Challenges of Data Science Education
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Ten Challenges of Data Science Education

We highlight 10 challenges of data science education, clustered into three categories: (a) Discipline, (b) Skills, and (c) Environment.  

Computing Ethics and Teaching It
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Computing Ethics and Teaching It

Ethics can and should be presented to computer science students in appropriate ways.

The Advantages of Teaching Soft Skills to CS Undergrads Online
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The Advantages of Teaching Soft Skills to CS Undergrads Online

On the added value of teaching an online soft skills course to undergrad computer science students.

Automatic Translators are Not Really Capable of Learning
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Automatic Translators are Not Really Capable of Learning

One does not get the impression the Google Translate and DeepL translation programs are self-learning and have made real progress.

CS Teachers, It's (Past) Time To Learn About Race
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CS Teachers, It's (Past) Time To Learn About Race

We need to send the message that we are willing to change CS education in order to address historic and systemic inequities.

The Remote Revolution Has to be Driven by Output, Not Salaries
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The Remote Revolution Has to be Driven by Output, Not Salaries

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has thrown us all for a loop and forced countless companies to shutter their offices, warehouses, and everything else.  Working...

Is A (Nearly) Zero-Cost Model Plausible for Science and Engineering Programs?
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Is A (Nearly) Zero-Cost Model Plausible for Science and Engineering Programs?

Is a skill-based, multi-level win-win, and (almost) zero-cost model for undergraduate science and engineering programs in a research university plausible?
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