ComputingEd@

Welcome to ComputingEd@UW, a community of UW faculty and students passionate about 1) research about how people learn computing and 2) the practice of how people teach computing.

Our community spans faculty and students from:

• The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
• The Information School (iSchool)
• The College of Education
• The department of Human-Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE)
• The Department of Communication

Join the computinged@uw.edu mailing list to get announcements and participate in discussion. It's a low volume list.

How do I participate in research?

There are many ways to get started:

• Read the Computing Education Research FAQ to learn about the field.
• Visit the CSE 590E Computer Science Education seminar. It's got a graduate level course number, but it's open to students at all levels. It often discusses computing education research papers and their application to CS teaching.
• Visit the Code and Cognition Lab, which has several PhD students and undergraduates that conduct computing education research.
• Reach out to any of the faculty and students in the community to chat about research opportunities.

How do I learn to teach computing?

• Become a CSE or Informatics teaching assistant, both of which entail some training.
• Read the Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research, which surveys research on teaching and learning computing up to 2018, and was partially authored by UW faculty.
• Review the general teaching resources at the UW Center for Teaching and Learning.
• Wait patiently for our university to start CS teacher education programs in the College of Education.

How do I meet people in the community?

• Attend the quarterly Sound CS Ed meetup, which brings together researchers, teachers, policy makers, curriculum designers, learning technology creators, and other people passionate about computing education from across Puget Sound.
• Visit a Puget Sound CS Teachers Association meeting, which brings together CS teachers from around the region.
• Engage in a computing education research project.
• Engage in one of the ways to learn to teach computing above.
• Review the many opportunities to get involved in CSE.

Who's in the community?

Below is an alphabetized list of faculty and students who've asked to be listed as part of the community. To be listed here, tell us about yourself and we'll add you. We refresh this page at the end of each Spring quarter to keep it fresh.

Ruth Anderson	Senior Lecturer	CSE
Rahul Banerjee	PhD student	CSE
Bob Boiko	Principal Lecturer	iSchool
Lauren Bricker	Lecturer	CSE
Brock Craft	Senior Lecturer	HCDE
Andrew Davidson	Senior Lecturer	HCDE
Matt Davidson	PhD student	Education
Katie Davis	Associate Professor	iSchool
Michael Freeman	Senior Lecturer	iSchool
Emilia Gan	PhD student	CSE
Katie Headrick-Taylor	Assistant Professor	Education
Justin Hsia	Lecturer	CSE
Ari Hock	PhD student	Education
Andrew Hu	Undergrad	CSE, Education
Richard Ladner	Emeritus Professor	CSE
Kevin Lin	Lecturer	CSE
Dastyni Loksa	PhD student	iSchool
Amy J. Ko	Associate Professor	iSchool
Benjamin Mako-Hill	Assistant Professor	Communication
Sean Munson	Associate Professor	HCDE
Greg Nelson	PhD student	CSE
Jasper O'Leary	PhD student	HCDE
Alannah Oleson	PhD student	iSchool
Hal Perkins	Senior Lecturer	CSE
Yim Register	PhD student	iSchool
Joel Ross	Senior Lecturer	iSchool
Neil Ryan	PhD student	CSE
Hunter Schafer	Lecturer	CSE
Meron Solomon	Undergrad	Design
Steve Tanimoto	Professor	CSE
Kyle Thayer	Lecturer	iSchool
Linda Vong	Undergrad	CSE, Education
Jason Yip	Assistant Professor	iSchool
Brett Wortzman	Lecturer	CSE
Benjamin Xie	PhD student	iSchool