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HomeUO Symposium on Computational Thinking in Education Scheduled for Friday, April 11
March 14, 2008
A free symposium for UO faculty and GTFs on computational thinking and its relation to teaching and academics is scheduled for Friday, April 11, in the Browsing Room of Knight Library.
Presented by the library's Center for Educational Technologies (CET), the daylong event will offer perspectives on the use of computers in education, specifically on how "computational thinking," that is, the use of human brains and computer "brains," can be used to solve intellectually challenging problems and accomplish intellectually challenging tasks in higher education.
The keynote speaker, Helen Neville, UO professor of psychology, will discuss the connections between brains and computers in a talk entitled "Human Brains and Computer Technology Working Together to Better Understand Brains."
Russ Tomlin, vice provost for academic affairs, will address issues related to faculty promotion and tenure in his talk, "Considerations about Information and Communication Technology in Faculty Promotion, Tenure, and Retention at the UO."
A pair of panel sessions--"Intellectual Property and Faculty Rights: Institutional Support for Online Faculty Publishing" and "Integrating Computational Thinking Throughout the Curriculum: Now and the Future"--are also on the program. The complete schedule can be found here.
The symposium runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free to UO faculty and GTFs, but advance registration is required. To register, contact Tiffany Ambiel, UO Libraries, 346-3056; tambiel@uoregon.edu.