CSERC 2013 - The Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC)

The Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC) is an international forum for researchers with interests in all aspects of computer science education. It embraces a broad view of current and future trends in computer science education and aspires to be a lively environment for presenting the latest research results. CSERC considers full papers for presentation at the conference.
Categories
CSERC solicits high-quality articles in any of three categories:
Research Articles leading-edge, previously unpublished research
Position Papers advocating or critiquing new trends
Project Papers lessons drawn from completed projects
Articles must be original and not submitted to any other forum for publication. They may consider any aspect of computer science education. Theory, trends, implementation, experience and projects, all lie within the scope of the conference.
Articles on the following subject areas are particularly welcomed:
designing a Computer Science curriculum
pedagogical peculiarities of Computer Science Education
development of professional competencies in Computer Science
tools and instruments supporting Computer Science Education
field studies in Computer Science Education
cultural and regional differences in Computer Science Education
convergence and divergence in Computer Science bachelor and master Education
vocational and professional Computer Science Education
Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts
Full papers are limited up to 12 pages.
The format for the papers can be found on the acm-website; use the The Large File Double Column format. There are three categories: research article, position paper, project paper. Each submission must declare its category.
Papers can be submitted using Easychair.
Papers submitted for presentation at the conference are reviewed by the program committee.
Authors of papers presented at the conference will be invited to produce a final version of the paper, which takes into account the discussions that were held during the conference. These final versions of the papers will be published in the ACM Digital library.
Deadlines
Paper submission January 13, 2013
Notification of acceptance February 22, 2013
CSERC April 4-5, 2013
Final version paper April 28, 2013
General criteria for all papers
Formatting strictly follows ACM requirements
No more than 12 pages
Content is original, unpublished and not submitted elsewhere for publication
Topic is clearly stated
Category of submission is clearly indicated (research article, position paper, project description)
English, well-written, well-structured, and well-illustrated
Has an abstract, an introduction, and a conclusion
Contribution is explained in the context of related work
Self-contained (i.e. understanding the article is not overly dependent on references to websites or other publications)
Research article criteria
The general criteria for all papers
Convincing motivation for the relevance of the problem in computer science education
Analysis of the problem
Clear outline of the approach taken to investigate or solve the problem
Description of research results or the solution
Conclusion: summarize the problem, the solution and results, and how the work solves the problem.
Overview of related work and the current state-of-the-art
Position paper criteria
The general criteria for all papers
A convincing academic motivation for what should become a new trend or critiquing recent trends
Inclusion of academic arguments and convincing examples
Well motivated academically realistic prospects
Overview of related work and the current state-of-the-art
Project paper criteria
The general criteria for all papers
Convincing motivation for the relevance of the research project
Description of the project, its goals, its academic results and its research results
Description and motivation of the essential choices that were made during the project and evaluation of these choices
Reflection on the received results
Discussion on how this project may influence computer science education
Overview of related and future projects and work