Research seminars
We host free online seminars on current computing education research topics. Speakers from around the world present their work in the field.
This is your opportunity to learn from the latest research insights, make connections with fellow educators and researchers, and take part in discussions.
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Our 2024 seminar series is on the theme of teaching programming (with or without AI). In this series, we explore the latest research on how teachers can best support school-age learners to develop their programming skills.
Seminar take place on the first Tuesday of each month at 17:00–18:30 BST / 12:00–13:30 EDT / 9:00–10:30 PDT / 18:00–19:30 CEST.
8 October: Arto Hellas & Juho Leinonen (Aalto University)
Teaching and learning computer science with rapidly evolving generative AI models
The rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI has already transformed computing education. Educators and researchers are exploring how to best integrate generative AI into their teaching. In this talk, Arto Hellas and Juho Leinonen from Aalto University, Finland, outline their experiences utilising generative AI for a wide variety of teaching tasks, such as exercise generation, responding to student help requests, as well as teaching students how to prompt large language models. Furthermore, they discuss their experiences organising an undergraduate course on software engineering with large language models, where the rapid evolution of the field presents both challenges and opportunities.
Arto Hellas is a Senior University Lecturer at Aalto University. He has been working with software in a variety of roles for a quarter of a century, and his current research focuses on understanding learning in digital and hybrid environments, especially in the context of computer science education. Most recently, he has been exploring the possibilities of large language models in enhancing learning and teaching.
Juho Leinonen is an Academy Research Fellow at Aalto University. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of Auckland, Aalto University, and the University of Helsinki, where he earned his PhD in 2019. His research focuses on using educational technology and AI to support and engage learners through learning analytics, generative AI applications, and learnersourcing.
12 November: Sarah Lu Riggs & Raymond Pettit (University of Virginia)
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10 December: Leo Porter (UC San Diego)
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Catch up on previous seminars
We have had the privilege to learn from many incredible researchers since we started our seminars in 2020, and we're excited to share their talks with you. Explore the archives below to watch and read about past seminars.
Seminar recordings
We make the seminar talks available to watch after they take place. Discover recordings from our current and previous series on programming; primary (K–5) computing; cross-disciplinary computing; artificial intelligence; and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Summaries on the blog
After each seminar, we publish a short blog to sum up some of its main take-aways and share the video recording of the speaker's talk. Each blog highlights how the seminar applies to teachers' classroom practice. Browse the archive of seminar blogs.