Events

We organize and sponsor a number of events throughout the year to promote computer science education. Please contact Heather Carney with questions, comments or suggestions.

A complete schedule for the ongoing Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy, can be found at: http://www.intro.cs.cmu.edu/events/colloquium.html.

Current events

Recent events

  2007-10-02   Colloquium on CS Pedagogy, Peter Brusilovsky
  2007-11-06   Colloquium on CS Pedagogy, Anne Fay

Colloquium on CS Pedagogy

For more information or a complete schedule, including upcoming talks, click here.

Tuesday, September 30, 3:00 pm, NSH 3305

Manuel Blum, Bruce Nelson Professor of Computer Science and Carnegie Mellon University Professor, will present at a special Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy lecture.

Colloquium on CS Pedagogy

For more information or a complete schedule, including upcoming talks, click here.

Tuesday, Oct 02, 3:00 pm, NSH 3305

Peter Brusilovsky, Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program, University of Pittsburgh, will present "Teaching C Programming with Web-based Personalized Tools" at a special Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy lecture.

Professor Brusilovsky will present a suit of web-based tools aimed to enrich educational experience of students in programming classes and complement the lack of personalization. Each of the four presented tools engages a student in an interactive work with problems, examples, or readings while attempting to adapt to the student's current knowledge and needs.

Colloquium on CS Pedagogy

Tuesday, Nov 6, 3:00 pm, NSH 3305

Anne Fay, Director of Assessment, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & The Office of Technology for Education (OTE), will present "Assessment-Centered Instruction: Using Assessment to Support Educational Effectiveness" at a special Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy lecture.

Dr. Fay's talk will explore how our new understanding of learning can be used to change and expand our instructional pracctices and change how we think about and engage in assessment activities. She will present examples of instructional innovations and assessment practices to illustrate how integrating assessment of student learning into our instructional practices can make teaching and learning more effective and efficient.