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Page 1: VI Jornadas eMadrid "Unbundling Education". Mesa redonda eMadrid: "Computational Thinking: A critical skill for the 21st century". Gregorio Robles. URJC. 21/06/2016

VI Jornadas eMadrid, June 2016

Unbundling EducationComputational Thinking: A critical skill for the 21st century

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Kindergarten and Beyond - Lifelong Learning Research Group (KGB-L3)Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain)

VI Jornadas eMadrid, June 21st 2016

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman Unbundling Education

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About Computational Thinking

1. Computation thinking is a renaming of

something that already occurred in the 70s

and 80s, and that disappeared in the 90s.

Now, it is back!

Background picture: Simon Cunningham

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Research on Cognitive Effects of Programming

Figure: Sum of citations of 11 key papers on cognitive effects ofprogramming 1984-2014. Calculated using Web of Science

Source: Nina Breshnihan, Trinity College Dublin

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Code to learn

The Logo programming language

Developed in the late 1960s

Its educational impact wasintensively investigated inthe 70s and 80s

Students’ improvements inmaths (and otherdisciplines) were proved

“Disappeared” from theeducational landscape in themid-90s

Seymour Papert’s picture: jgora.net

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History of learning with computers

Figure: You are here!

Source: REaCT EU project proposal

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About Computational Thinking

2. Computational thinking skills can be

acquired by other means, but probably

programming is the most cost-effective way

to do it nowadays

Background picture: Simon Cunningham

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman Unbundling Education

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About Programming

Programming is cheap

Programming is ubiquitous: it can be done in isolation, and ingroup... locally or over the Internet

Programming promotes some social skills and team work

Programming practice provides early (usually, instantaneous)feedback

Programming releases endorphins (no scientific evidence, yet ;)

There are (software) tools that can help in the learning processBackground picture: (c) Duncan Hill. Flickr

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About Computational Thinking

3. Computational thinking skills are not only

for STEM (or for learning STEM)

Background picture: Simon Cunningham

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Coding beyond STEM

STEM + Art = STEAM. Haven’t heard about it before?

Programming is a way of expression (that is complementary toother ways of expressing yourself)

Learners become prosumers, not just consumers of technology

There is (preliminary) research on the (good) effects of codingin other subjects

Background picture: ngu.edu

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CT Research

4. We are performing research on the topic

in eMadrid!

Background picture: Pixabay - Public Domain

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CT Research @ URJC

Assessment of Computational Thinking skills

Dr.Scratch on-line gamified evaluation toolEvaluation frameworks (Bebras, TPC...)

Experimentation

Age (i.e., when do we start?)Gender (i.e., is the effect the same?)Subject (i.e., maths vs. social sciences?)Topic (i.e., what skills are developed with different type ofprograms?)Unbundling the learning process (i.e., social learning?gamification?)

Background picture: Pixabay - Public domain

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In short...

1 Computation thinking is a renaming of something that alreadyoccurred in the 70s and 80s and that disappeared in the 90s.Let’s not happen that again!

2 Computational thinking skills can be acquired by other means,but probably programming is the most cost-effective way todo it nowadays

3 Computational thinking skills are not only for STEM (or forlearning STEM)

4 We are performing research on computational thinking ineMadrid!

Background picture: flamingcow.co.uk

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman Unbundling Education

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VI Jornadas eMadrid, June 2016

Unbundling EducationComputational Thinking: A critical skill for the 21st century

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Kindergarten and Beyond - Lifelong Learning Research Group (KGB-L3)Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain)

VI Jornadas eMadrid, June 21st 2016

Gregorio Robles, Jesus Moreno Leon, Marcos Roman Unbundling Education