Koli Calling 2011 - Koli Calling '11 11th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

11th KOLI CALLING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH
Koli National Park, Finland, November 17th - November 20th, 2011

Koli Calling is one of the leading international conferences dedicated to the
exchange of research and practice relevant to Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning and Education Research in the Computing disciplines. Koli Calling aims
to publish high quality research that combines teaching and learning
experiences with solid, theoretically anchored research. The conference is held
in the inspiring surroundings of the Koli National Park in Eastern Finland, an
hour's drive north of the city of Joensuu. The 2011 conference is organized by
Aalto University in collaboration with the University of Connecticut, USA and
the University of Eastern Finland.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

Koli Calling is a single track conference with research, practice and systems
presentations as well as keynote speeches. The conference language is English.
The conference is known for its moderate size, intimate atmosphere, and lively
discussions, consequently a limited number of submissions will be accepted.
Last year approximately fifty participants from ten countries on three
continents attended the conference.

TOPICS

Original submissions in all areas related to the conference theme are invited.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

+ Computing education research: methodologies and results
+ Educational technology, software, and tools
+ Use of technology to support education in computing and related sciences
+ Tools for visualization or concretization
+ Teaching innovations, best practices, experience, assessment development and
case studies in Computing Education
+ Distance education, virtual and open universities in computing

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

+ Research Paper [8-10 pages]. Unpublished, original, theoretically anchored
research related to the conference theme. Papers will be of high quality and
present novel arguments, syntheses, results, methods or tools. Research papers
are mainly evaluated by the relevance and quality of the research.
+ Systems Papers [4-8 pages]. Koli will include a "systems and tools showcase"
as a way to recognise the significant contribution that system implementers
make to computing education research. Accepted systems papers will describe the
rationale behind the system, its development, and the effectiveness of the tool
in the context of CS education. The program committee will also select one of
accepted systems to receive the Koli Calling Educational Tool Award at the
conference. See http://verkkoopetus.cs.utu.fi/koli/ for links to previous Koli
systems papers., can be accessed at the conference website.
+ Discussion Paper [4-6 pages]. Unpublished, original work in progress, or
dissemination and discussion of new ideas in Computing Education Research.
Discussion papers should clearly indicate the issue that the author aims to
discuss, as well as discussion questions and a mechanism to promote a debate
among the conference participants. A discussion paper is evaluated by its
anticipated impact on discussions during the conference. At least half the
presentation time allocated to a discussion paper should be used for a public
discussion.
+ Poster/demo [2 page abstract]. Interactive presentation of emerging ideas for
research, teaching practice, or tools can be presented as posters or
demonstrations. Submissions are evaluated based on their originality and the
possible future contribution to the field of Computing Education. In addition
to the abstract and live tool demo on site, we strongly encourage the author(s)
to prepare a max. 3 minutes screencast (a short video) to be presented for the
audience before the demo session as well as to be included in the conference
website.

Additionally, there will be two workshops [see separate links on conference
website] + A Doctoral Consortium for PhD students studying computing education
+ "Teaching computing at school and training computing teachers", a workshop on
secondary computing education and the training of secondary computing teachers.

REVIEW PROCESS AND PUBLICATION

To ensure selection of high quality contributions, submissions for the
Research, System, and Discussion Paper categories are reviewed by at least
three members of the international Program Committee. Demo and Poster abstracts
are reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. The Koli Calling
Program Committee takes pride in considering submissions thoroughly and
providing constructive feedback. The review process is double-blind, so
submitted papers should be anonymized.

All accepted contributions will be available as an electronic pre-proceedings
prior to the conference. The papers from the conference will be indexed and
available through the ACM Digital Library.

Authors of selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an
extended version of the paper to a the ACM Transactions on Computing Education
(TOCE). Extended papers will undergo additional reviewing before they are
accepted for publication in TOCE.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline: Papers due: June 15th
Notification of Acceptance: September 1
Submission of revised manuscripts: October 1st
Early Registration deadline: October 15th
Conference: November 17th (evening) - November 20th (lunch-time)

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Please follow the instructions on the conference web page,
http://www.cs.joensuu.fi/kolistelut/.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Robert McCartney, University of Connecticut, USA
Ari Korhonen, Aalto University, Finland

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Moti Ben-Ari, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Anders Berglund, Uppsala University, Sweden
Michael E. Caspersen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Valentina Dagiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Mikko-Jussi Laakso, University of Turku
Hannu-Matti Järvinen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Mike Joy, University of Warwick, UK
Päivi Kinnunen, University of Eastern Finland
Maria Knobelsdorf, University of Potsdam
Raymond Lister, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Lauri Malmi, Aalto University, Finland
Arnold Pears, Uppsala University, Sweden
Guido Rößling, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Tapio Salakoski, University of Turku, Finland
Carsten Schulte, Freie Universit‰t Berlin, Germany
Judy Sheard, Monash University, Australia
Simon, University of Newcastle, Australia
Jarkko Suhonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Erkki Sutinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

MORE INFORMATION

See conference web site http://www.cs.joensuu.fi/kolistelut/ or contact Ari
Korhonen and Robert McCartney .

Call for Participation
Koli 2011 Working group on
Teaching Computing at School / Computing Teacher Education

Summary
The aim of this workshop is to collect the state of the art and current
activities regarding Teaching Computing at School / Computing Teacher Education
in multiple countries; and to use this overview to develop a vision and/or
identify trends of what to do next.

We therefore intend to gather together a group of experts in a working group
that will collect information on local activities via online collaboration
prior to Koli Calling 2011 and then meet during the conference to discuss and
outline a report on Teaching Computing at School / Computing Teacher Education.

Detailed Information
In different countries Computer Science Education in
Schools is evolving. New initiatives, new curricula, new forms of support for
teachers, development of course materials and so own contribute to this ? but
only very rarely these initiatives and developments take notice from each
other.

In a workshop on Computer Science Education at Schools / Computer Science
Teacher Education we aim to bring together experiences, approaches, and ideas,
and develop a vision for future steps to support each other.

The focus is on Teacher education because teachers are at the heart of maturing
the situation of Computer science education in schools. The focus is on those
aspects of teacher education / teacher support that aim to contribute to the
evolution of CSEd at school.

Procedure
The working group will first collect and share information, and will
then discuss ideas for developing and maturing CS teaching and CS teacher
education.

In the first stage, prior to the face-to-face meeting during Koli Conference,
information on national state of the art in computing education at schools and
teacher education will be collected using online collaboration. Participants
basically refine and then fill out a questionnaire on the current situation.
Also in the first stage a preliminary overview or summary on the collected data
will be developed.

During the workshop we will discuss trends, future developments, and
perspectives. Therefore the working group will specify problem areas, research
questions, and possible development tasks.

After the conference the results will be edited and polished in order to
produce a final report intended for publication.