Bebras--A Sustainable Community Building Model for the Concept Based Learning of Informatics and Computational Thinking.

V Dagiene, G Stupuriene - Informatics in education, 2016‏ - ceeol.com
As an international informatics contest, or challenge, Bebras has started the second decade
of its existence. The contest attracts more and more countries every year, recently there have …

Development of computational thinking, digital competence and 21st century skills when learning programming in K-9

J Nouri, L Zhang, L Mannila, E Norén - Education Inquiry, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Teachers around the world have started teaching programming at the K-9 level, some due to
the formal introduction of programming in the national curriculum, others without such …

Facing the challenges of 'digital competence' a Nordic agenda for curriculum development for the 21st century

O Erstad, S Kjällander, S Järvelä - Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, 2021‏ - idunn.no
Digital technology has become increasingly central in curriculum plans during the last
decade, but there is hardly any research about the curriculum in the digital age, nor about …

Fifteen years of introductory programming in schools: a global overview of K-12 initiatives

C Szabo, J Sheard, A Luxton-Reilly, Simon… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2019‏ - dl.acm.org
Computing education and outreach in the K--12 school sector have shown significant growth
over recent decades, resulting in a large body of literature focused on the teaching and …

Computational thinking in K-9 education

L Mannila, V Dagiene, B Demo, N Grgurina… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - dl.acm.org
In this report we consider the current status of the coverage of computer science in
education at the lowest levels of education in multiple countries. Our focus is on …

Designing game-based learning for high school artificial intelligence education

M Leitner, E Greenwald, N Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Springer
Artificial Intelligence (AI) permeates every aspect of our daily lives and is no longer a subject
reserved for a select few in higher education but is essential knowledge that our youth need …

Learning artificial intelligence: Insights into how youth encounter and build understanding of AI concepts

E Greenwald, M Leitner, N Wang - … of the AAAI Conference on Artificial …, 2021‏ - ojs.aaai.org
Artificial Intelligence's impact on society is increasingly pervasive. While innovative
educational programs are being developed, there has been little understanding of how …

Introducing programming and digital competence in Swedish K-9 education

F Heintz, L Mannila, LÅ Nordén, P Parnes… - Informatics in Schools …, 2017‏ - Springer
The role of computer science and IT in Swedish schools has varied throughout the years. In
fall 2014, the Swedish government gave the National Agency for Education (Skolverket) the …

Makerspaces across settings: Didactic design for programming in formal and informal teacher education in the Nordic countries

S Kjällander, A Åkerfeldt, L Mannila… - Journal of Digital …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
For education to provide knowledge reflecting our current and future society, many countries
are revising their curricula, including a vivid discussion on digital competence, programming …

Understanding US secondary computer science teachers' challenges and needs

O Sadik, AT Ottenbreit-Leftwich - Computer Science Education, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Context Based on issues arising around how to best prepare
CS teachers and the constantly changing nature of the CS education content, curriculum …