Smart-thing design by children at a distance: How to engage them and make them learn

E Roumelioti, MA Pellegrino, M Rizvi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, research in Child–ComputerInteraction has shifted the focus from design
with children, giving them a voice in the design process, to design by children to bring child …

Keeping fun alive: an experience report on running online coding camps

I Fronza, L Corral, X Wang, C Pahl - Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 44th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited radically the collocation and face-to-
face interactions of participants in coding bootcamps and similar experiences, which are key …

Enabling peer-led coding camps by creating a seed effect in young students

I Fronza, L Corral, G Iaccarino, C Pahl - Proceedings of the 22nd Annual …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
During peer-led intensive events (such as hackathons and coding camps), students actively
assist others to learn and, in turn, benefit from an effective learning environment. In this …

Enhancing postgraduate students' technical skills: perceptions of modified team-based learning in a six-week multi-subject Bootcamp-style CS course

M Bikanga Ada, ME Foster - Computer Science Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Context Objective This study explores postgraduate students'
perceptions of the modified team-based learning instructional approach used to teach it and …

Smart thing design by children: the SNaP model and toolkit

E Roumelioti - 2022 - bia.unibz.it
In the past, researchers in child-computer interaction teamed up with children, involved as
users, testers, informants, or design partners, to support the design of future technology with …

A Facilitator's Guide to Create and Consolidate a Teenage Coding Camp

I Fronza, L Corral - ACM Inroads, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We look back on a journey of more than 10 years of teaching coding skills to high school
students using block-based programming platforms. Eleven years of evolution, capabilities …

[PDF][PDF] An Approach Based on Learning by Teaching to Support the Vertical Alignment of the Educational Robotics Curriculum.

I Fronza, G Iaccarino, L Corral - CSEDU (2), 2024 - scitepress.org
Vertical alignment delivers a smooth, organized curriculum. We explored an approach to
apply Learning by Teaching (LbT) to support the alignment of the educational robotics …

Laboratorio di# bioinformatica: un PCTO innovativo in periodo pandemico e post pandemico

G Iaccarino, S Tosi, I Fronza, L Corral - Atti Convegno Nazionale …, 2022 - bia.unibz.it
A partire dal 2018e stata introdotta, nel sistema scolastico italiano, la possibilita di ampliare
il curriculo scolastico con percorsi formativi che consentano l'acquisizione di competenze …

Experiencing Efficiency of Algorithms and Implementations

HM Walker - EDITORS'MESSAGE, 2024 - dl.acm.org
From the beginning, the discipline of computer science has been a laboratory science. In
this regard, it stands alongside biology, chemistry, geology, and physics, where students …

[PDF][PDF] Smart Thing Design by Children

E Roumelioti - bia.unibz.it
In the past, researchers in child-computer interaction teamed up with children, involved as
users, testers, informants, ordesignpartners, tosupportthedesignoffuturetechnologywith …