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*** 15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
*** WIPSCE 2020
*** CALL FOR PAPERS
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*** In a nutshell: WIPSCE 2020, October 28-30, 2020, Essen/Germany
*** – Abstract submission deadline: May 4th, 2020
*** – Re-submission deadline: May 10th, 2020
*** – Deadline for Poster/demo abstracts: June 28th, 2020
*** – Full information: http://www.wipsce.org
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On behalf of the WiPSCE Program Committee, we invite contributions to
the 15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
(WiPSCE 2020) to be held October 28th to 30th in Essen, Germany.
Research in primary and secondary computing education is a young field
with strong ties to national educational systems. Nevertheless, its
theories, methods, and results are internationally applicable and of
interest to researchers and practitioners in the field. WiPSCE aims at
improving the exchange of research and practice relevant to teaching and
learning in primary and secondary computing education, teacher training,
and related research.
WiPSCE has its roots in a long-running workshop of the German computing
education community and is run in cooperation with ACM SIGCSE.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to research on:
– Learning & Teaching: student motivation and engagement, attitudes and
beliefs, misconceptions and learning difficulties, educational
approaches, methods, technologies and tools
– Foundations of CSEd: competence modeling and measurement, assessment,
curricula and standards, emerging topics for computing education, contests
– Teacher education & Institutional aspects: pck in computing,
establishing and enhancing computing education, (continued) professional
development, communities of practice
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline (full/short papers): May 4th 2020.
(*) Re-submission deadline (full/short papers): May 10th 2020.
Notification of acceptance (full/short papers): June 15th 2020
Submission deadline (demo/poster abstracts): June 28th 2020.
Notification of acceptance (demo/poster abstracts): July 13th 2020
(*): We offer a re-submission slack. This means that title and abstract
of papers must be submitted by the first deadline, but it will be
possible to upload the full versions of papers until the second deadline.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
It is mandatory to submit a PDF-file through the EasyChair-system.
The submission URL is:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wipsce2020
PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will be published in the WiPSCE 2020 proceedings as part
of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series. The proceedings
will be included in the ACM Digital Library.
WHY ESSEN?
Essen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛsn̩]) is the central and second largest city
of the Ruhr area, the largest urban area in Germany. With a population of
around 600,000 it is also the ninth largest city of Germany. In the last century,
Essen was one of Germany’s most important coal and steel centers. The
most notable witness of that time is the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial
Complex, which has been inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites since 2001. Besides that, Essen has been recocgnized for its extensive
recreational green areas (almost 10% of the city area), which made it the
third-greenest city in Germany. Essen also won the title of European Green
Capital in 2017. Essen is a very lively city with numerous cultural offers of
all kinds and with plenty of interesting places to visit in and around the city.
Further information about Essen can be found on the Visit Essen portal
(https://www.visitessen.de/startseite_14/Startseite.en.html).
FURTHER INFORMATION
More information (including submission guidelines) can be found at the
conference’s web page:
http://www.wipsce.org
