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This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb 2025 15:45 - 15:55 at Meeting Rooms 408-410 - Lightning Talks #1

Group work in high school classes often faces challenges like unequal participation and poor team dynamics, but these issues are particularly significant in coding classes. Collaboration is a core component of CS and CSed, where students must work together to solve problems, debug, and manage projects. To address these challenges, this talk introduces a conceptual AI-driven tool, CollabCode, specifically designed to monitor and enhance group work in high school coding classes. Collabcode uses machine learning algorithms to track individual student participation, task distribution, and communication patterns in real-time. Based on this data, the system provides personalized feedback to students and generates actionable insights for teachers. The tool can suggest appropriate roles or task assignments based on real-time data, helping students demonstrate and enhance their skills in different capacities. By identifying patterns of teamwork such as disengagement or dominance, Collabcode can recommend equitable group structures. Teachers receive detailed collaboration analytics that suggest how tasks can be distributed to maximize each student’s contribution and foster more balanced cooperation. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the issues of group work by reducing opportunities for hands-on teamwork and socialization. This tool aims to help rebuild those skills. Through dynamic task and role management, CollabCode ensures that group work is more productive, allowing students to develop both their technical and collaboration skills, which are critical in and outside of computer science classrooms.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb

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15:45 - 16:55
15:45
10m
Talk
AI Enhancing Collaboration: Tackling Group Work Challenges in Coding Education
Lightning Talks
Annie Le Toronto Metropolitan University, Preeti Raman Toronto Metropolitan University
15:55
10m
Talk
Early Adoption of Custom Generative AI Bots in Online Forums for CS Courses
Lightning Talks
Matt Chen Monash University
16:05
10m
Talk
Empowering Future Software Engineers: Integrating AI Tools into Advanced CS Curriculum
Lightning Talks
Nimisha Roy Georgia Institute of Technology, Fisayo Omojokun Georgia Institute of Technology, Oleksandr Horielko Georgia Institute of Technology
16:15
10m
Talk
Evolution of Students’ Attitudes Towards the Use of Generative AI Tools in a CS1 Course
Lightning Talks
Yael Erez Technion, Lilach Ayali Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Orit Hazzan Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
16:25
10m
Talk
Integrating Ethics into AI Learning: A Socio-Technical Approach for Youth Education
Lightning Talks
Megumi Tanaka UC Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, Naima Amraan UC Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science, Tim Hurt Lawrence Hall of Science, Eric Greenwald Lawrence Hall of Science, Ari Krakowski Lawrence Hall of Science, Aujanee Young Lawrence Hall of Science, Mac Cannady Lawrence Hall of Science
16:35
10m
Talk
Flourishing For All: Embedding Ethics in Undergraduate Computer Science Education Through Intelligent Digital Simulations
Lightning Talks
Suzana Neves Toronto Metropolitan University, Preeti Raman Toronto Metropolitan University
16:45
10m
Talk
Going National: Exploring the Employability and Salary Insights from Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Degrees for Broadening Participation
Lightning Talks
Jia Zhu The Ohio State University, Monique Ross The Ohio State University, Mark Weiss Florida International University, Kathleen Quardokus Fisher University of Notre Dame