A podcast where we talk with educators about teaching and equity in computer science.
An earlier post post was about changing your course, so this one is about systemic change. It's a throwback to our episode with Leigh Ann Delyser from CSforALL on how systemic change is hard but worth it for sustainable equity.
Real change requires questioning and changing the system, not just the people inside.
Time management goes a long way in helping be an effective teacher. Our host has an entire blog series on how she uses her calendar for better time management. Before the term starts, adding to your tool kit on managing your time might be helpful.
I use Trello to keep track of everything I have to do, as seen by my multiple blog posts on it (task tracking for a big class, personally…
It's August, which means the start of the semester is coming. As your thoughts turn to how you will teach this coming school year, if you are interested in alternative grading, we've got an entire set of episodes on that!
S2xE1: Supporting Students of Color with Manuel Pérez-Quiñones: https://csedpodcast.org/blog/season2_episode1/
S2xE4: Grading for Equity with Joe Feldman: https://csedpodcast.org/blog/season2_episode4/
S3xE1: Alternative grading, why? with Brett Wortzman and Kevin Lin: https://csedpodcast.org/blog/season3_episode1/
S3xE2: Alternative grading, how? with Brett Wortzman and Kevin Lin: https://csedpodcast.org/blog/season3_episode2/
Alternative Grading with Brett Wortzman and Kevin Lin (Part 2)
Here is a podcast from Cautionary Tales (by Pushkin Industries) on the paradox of automation. A valuable thing to consider when considering how to carefully incorporate AI into our processes.
In the age of artificial intelligence, we often compare humans and computers, asking ourselves which is “better”. But is this even the right question? The case of Air France Flight 447 suggests it isn't - and that the consequences of asking the wrong question are disastrous.
Even though we focus on teaching here, meetings are still part of the job. So here's a good podcast episode on how to have better meetings from TED's Fixable podcast:
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading - through TED.com, our annual conferences, the annual TED Prize and local TEDx events.
This podcast episode focuses on banning smartphones in secondary school. But it got us thinking: What about laptops in a CS classroom in college? They are useful and a distraction. So, does it make sense to teach some psychology, as mentioned in this episode, and potentially wrap it around social computing, such as how some technology is designed to be distracting and the importance of deliberately thinking through the relationship you want with your technology?
How one teacher-of-the-year changed his lessons to help students detox from excessive social-media use.
Another good resource by Teaching in Higher Ed on how to think critically about AI. My favorite part was how the guest articulated why I don't like the word hallucination for LLMs.
Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
In this episode, we have Dr. Barbara Ericson, assistant professor from the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Our topic is Parson’s Problems, which are like mixed-up code chunks that students need to put in the correct places. We discuss the research behind them, how she uses them in her class, and her current work investigating how to use Parson’s Problems to improve student learning.
A way to scaffold reading to write code.
Summer is a time to relax and think about the coming academic year (relaxing should be first, though!). When you're ready to think about the coming year, use the benefit of distance to help yourself thrive in academia with some balance. We've found NCFDD to be an excellent resource for finding balance. See if your institution already has a membership: https://www.ncfdd.org/institutions (not sponsored, we just genuinely love this resource.)
On-demand access to the mentoring, tools, and support you need to be successful in the Academy.
Here is an interesting blog post to help think through what kind of grading you want to do in your class. It's framed around what are standards and specification grading with the overall point that a course does not need to be only one of these. I appreciated it more for the framework of thinking which might make sense for what context.
A fundamental choice in alternative grading maybe isn't quite so fundamental
Summer has now started for almost everyone in academia. So, how about starting on new boundaries to improve your digital well-being? Summer is usually the time academic work actually fits in 40 hours a week and is an excellent time to start practicing habits that will hopefully continue into the academic year. Here is a workbook full of micro boundaries, along with a framework to work through them until you find a set that works for you.
Here is an interesting article about student disengagement either by not attending class at all or physically being present, but not mentally. The most interesting part that struck me was the discussion the interviewee had with her students and how they recognize the importance of sharing a space and learning together, but struggle to articulate the why. Given last week's post this seemed like an interesting compliment.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-05-16-is-student-absenteeism-a-growing-problem-at-colleges-too
by EdSurge
To fight student disengagement in college, one professor says, “Faculty need to be better at articulating: You come to class for these reasons. This is ...
Here is a great reframing around “attendance/participation points” that gets more at the heart of what we mean for students to be engaged and how to encourage that behavior with points:
Possibly a better way to handle attendance, participation, and other forms of engagement.
This podcast episode got us thinking about how to frame AI to students and think more deeply about how to integrate AI in a meaningful way. https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/teaching-with-ai/ by Bonni Stachowiak
José Bowen shares about Teaching with AI on episode 518 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Excellent episode that helped us articulate one problem with , it bypasses cognition! "The Arrival of the Homework Machine" by TeachLab Podcast
By spring of 2023, most students with an internet connection had access to a new tool that could do much of their homework. We hear Justin’s keynote at the Connecti…
Our latest episode is a Teaching Practice Byte (TPB) with Philip Guo from UC San Diego about PythonTutor a code tracing visualization tool that is for more than just !
Visualizing code with PythonTutor a tool that is not just for Python nor an actual tutor.
We are now on YouTube!
Hosted by Dr. Kristin Stephens-Martinez. This is a podcast where we talk with educators about teaching and equity in computer science.
The Computing Research Association has posted a memo on “Best Practices for Hiring Teaching Faculty in Research Computing Departments“ If your department is thinking of hiring teaching faculty this coming cycle, it is a must read!
Best Practices for Hiring Teaching Faculty in Research Computing Departments By Jennifer Campbell (University of Toronto), Mark Floryan (University of Virginia), Geoffrey Herman (University of Illi…
The end of the semester is making things hectic for us, so here's a blog post by our host reflecting on how she organizes the teaching staff of a large elective data science class versus introductory computer science.
A blog on teaching computer science and being a professor by Prof. Kristin Stephens-Martinez at Duke University.
Interesting SIGCSE Technical Symposium paper on divergent assessments where each student has a different assessment by the end with the goal of having an authentic assessment, using industry tools, and students can discuss without violating assessment integrity.
research-article Open Access Share on Diverging assessments: What, Why, and Experiences Authors: Amin Sakzad Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 0000-0003-4569-3384Search about this author , David Paul University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Au...
Too good not to share. If you ever wanted a floating point error + Minecraft example Matt Parker from Stand-up Maths now has you covered. The nerd in us loved this so much!
Here is camman18's YouTube short about the mystery: https://youtube.com/shorts/WvyVFSOD-uM?si=yeOzmMj6BD0a0E3cHuge thanks to Natalie for sending it to me!Thi...
The Sigcse Technical Symposium 2023 was awesome! We'll probably share stuff from it for a while. Here is an amazing resource from the Professional Development Session for New and Aspiring Educators session of things the current and past presenters wish they had known.
I wish that I had recognized earlier in my career the importance of careful use of technical jargon - particularly when teaching coding to beginners. Similarly, I wish I had understood earlier how critical it is to have high-quality error-free assignment instructions. I now believe that both of thes...
The Sigcse Technical Symposium 2023 is here! The program has got some amazing stuff in it and it's hybrid! So there's online activities too if you'd like to join in. Our host is attending online and running some online events!
Welcome! The Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS) is organized by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is the organization’s flagship conference. The SIGCSE Technical Symposium addresses problems common among educators working to develo...
Here's a nice podcast going into the psychology of learning with ideas on how to improve your own teaching.
You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park. Then you ask a question students should know the answer to … and nothing. What's going on?
New episode! This time we talk to Adam Blank from Caltech about master's degree only teaching faculty by discussing what a job title should mean.
A discussion on how a job title should be about the person's skills and knowledge and less about the degree.
We've got less than a month before the Sigcse Technical Symposium 2023! The program is up and if you are thinking of attending online our host will be helping to run online community events with the hybrid co-chairs!
Welcome! The Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS) is organized by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is the organization’s flagship conference. The SIGCSE Technical Symposium addresses problems common among educators working to develo...
Here is a useful episode providing a framework to think about boundaries. If you teach large classes the odds of having a student in crisis or needing extra support is high. This episode helped us think about what is and is not our responsibility: https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/how-role-clarity-and-boundaries-can-help-us-thrive/
by Teaching in Higher Ed
Karen Costa shares how role clarity and boundaries can help us thrive on episode 505 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Midterm exam season is coming. Here are ideas on how to manage grading with large classes from our host
I consistently teach over 200 students at a time. Therefore, I heavily rely on autograders and teaching assistants (TAs) to grade…
AI literacy is getting more and more important! Here's a podcast episode from EdSurge about it:
There’s a growing push to add AI literacy as a subject in schools and colleges. But what exactly is AI literacy, and can educators promote curiosity about the subject amid their own concerns, and in s
Here's a good podcast episode discussing some nuances about LLMs and education: Expanding Our Collective Understanding of Generative AI from Teaching in Higher Ed
Autumm Caines + Maya Barak help us with expanding our collective understanding of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on episode 501 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
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