Exploring Computing Education Research as a Racialized Space
Tamara Pearson, Yolanda Rankin, Joshua Childs, Stefanie Marshall, Christel Young, Bodunrin Banwo, Ain Grooms, Amos Oyelere Sunday and Jaycee Holmes
Effect of Native Language on Learning to Program
Seán Russell, Ellie Lovellette, Dennis J Bouvier, Shanon Reckinger, Andre Henney, Bedour Alshaigy, Stan Kurkovsky, Bhagya Munasinghe, Olga Glebova, Suad Alaofi, Fiona McNeill and Jorge Silveyra
Exploring the Effectiveness of Computing Curricular Recommendations
Alison Clear, John Impagliazzo, Zain Kazmi, Ming Zhang, Daniel Fokum, Marcus Messer, Madison Thomas, Jose Antonio Pow-Sang, Teresa Pereira and Mohammad Polash
Decolonising Computer Education Spaces: Universities and Makerspaces as Sites of Technological Resistance
Faculty Identities and Their Effects on Implementing Culturally Relevant Pedagogies at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
11:00-11:25
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Ismael Villegas Molina, Emma Hogan, Nawab Mulla, Josue
Martinez, Leo Porter, William Griswold and Adalbert Gerald
Soosai Raj
Using Sentiment Analysis to Investigate Peer Feedback by Native and Non-Native English Speakers
11:25-11:50
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Brittney Exline, Melanie Duffin, Brittany Harbison, Chrissa
da Gomez and David Joyner
Exploring the Role of Culture and Bilingualism in Programming Activities: Lessons from African Educators
11:50-12:15
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Emma R. Dodoo, Katharine Childs and Ethel Tshukudu
Session 7B: Working Groups II
Saturday 11:00-12:15Room: Maru 2
Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Higher Computing Education: An ACM Task Force Working Group to Develop a Landscape Analysis - Perspectives from the Global Souths and Guidelines for CS1/CS2/CS3
Future Ready, Globally Relevant: Aligning Africa's Tertiary Computer Science Education Objectives with Global Standards
Michael Oudshoorn, Karen Bradshaw, Mohamed Essam Khedr,
Joseph Ahor Abandoh-Sam, Janet Liebenberg, Costain Nachuma,
Oluwatoyin Adelakun-Adeyemo, Leonard Peter Binamungu,
Engineer Bainomugisha and Jonathan Mwaura
Expanding Contextualized Computer Science Education in Africa: A Collaborative Initiative
Sally Hamouda, Ethel Tshukudu, Linda Marshall, Kehinde
Aruleba, Cleverence Kombe, Janet Shufor Bih Fofang, Joseph
Kizito Bada, Emmanuel Okyere Ekwam, Nils Timm and Tessema
Mengistu
Technology Adoption and Learning Preferences in Computing Science Higher Education
Ouldooz Baghban Karimi, James Paterson, Cruz Izu, Solomon
Sunday Oyelere, Christian Basil Omeh, Wilson Nwankwo,
Abdullahi Abubakar Yunusa, Mercy Wairimu Gachoka and
Chelsie Dubay
Session 8A: Generative AI beyond novice programming
Saturday 13:00-14:45Room: Maru 1
Generative AI in Postgraduate Computing Research: A Threat to Academic Integrity or a Catalyst for Innovation?
13:00–13:25
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Irina Zlotnikova, Tshepiso Mokgetse and Hlomani Hlomani
Digital Sobriety: Sustainable Use of Gen AI in Higher Computing Education
13:25-14:45
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Alison Clear, Tony Clear, John Impagliazzo, Resego
Morakanyane, Ming Zhang and Rebecca Odom-Bartel
Session 8B: CS Education Research
Saturday 13:00-14:45Room: Maru 2
Lineage and Legacy: The Global Importance of Black Women in Computing Education Research
CS2023 Curriculum Guidelines and the Impact on Computer Science Education in Africa
14:20–14:45
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Michael Oudshoorn, Sherif Aly, Nahla Belal, Karen Bradshaw, Mohamed Khedr, Patrick Kihoza, Venkatakrishnan Lakshminarasimhan, Janet Liebenberg, Neema Mduma, Christian Servin and Engineer Bainomugisha
Session 9A: Introductory Computer Science
Saturday 15:15-16:30Room: Maru
Influence of Motivation and Learning Strategies on Performance in Introductory Programming
15:15–15:40 ·
Yirsaw Ayalew, Ethel Tshukudu, Monkgogi Mudongo, Bontle Gopolang, Tsholofelo Taukobong and Edward Zimudzi
Replicating a SOLO approach to Measure Students’ Ability to Improve Code Efficiency
15:40–16:05 ·
arie bennett and cruz izu
Contextualizing Introductory Computer Science: Insights from African Faculty
16:05-16:30 ·
Ethel Tshukudu, Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi, Oluwakemi Ola, Sally Hamouda, Linda Marshall, Oluwatoyin Adelakun-Adeyemo, Emma R. Dodoo, G. Ayorkor Korsah, Sandani Luvhengo and Jack Parkinson
Session 9B : Imposter Phenomenon and Belonging
Saturday 15:15-16:30Lentswe
The Impostor Phenomenon in the Global Computing Graduate Student Population
15:15–15:40
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Caroline Pechenik, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Selina Marianna Shah, Shirley de Wit, Emmanuel Awuni Kolog, Oscar Karnalim, Mohammed Farghally, Carlos Aníbal Suarez Hernández, Jack Parkinson, Leo Porter, Rodrigo Duran, Paul Vrbik, Brian Harrington, Lisa Zhang, Michael Liut and Andrew Petersen
Balancing Support and Struggle: An Experience Report on Token-Based Help-Seeking in a Data Structures Course
15:40-16:05
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Ali Madooei
Paced to Perfection: The Impact of Automated Assessment Rewards for Attending Office Hours
16:05-16:30
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Jack Forden, Michael Cullen and Dennis Brylow
Posters
Bilingual Instruction in Programming: Preliminary Insights from an Amharic-English OOP Course
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Fitsum Gizachew Deriba, Ismaila Sanusi and Ethel Tshuduku
Secondary Students' Conceptions of AI in an African Country
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Katharine Childs, Ethel Tshukudu, Gaokgakala Alogeng,
Douglas R. Case, Tebogo Videlmah Molebatsi and Emma R. Dodoo
Orchestrating Computer Science Education through Music and Collaborative Visual Programming
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Will Hedgecock, Devin Jean, Gabe Barnard and Akos Ledeczi
Measuring Student Perceptions of Cybersecurity in an Informal Learning Environment
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Madison Thomas, Isabella Gransbury and Veronica Catete
The Development of a "Living Curriculum" for All Computing
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Alison Clear and Amruth Kumar
A Direct Manipulation User Interface for Constructing Autogradable Graphs
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Christopher Rau, Eldar Hasanov, Narges Norouzi, Dan Garcia
and Armando Fox
A Brief Introduction to Cybersecurity, Robotics, and Computer Science in Middle Schools
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Saman Kittani, Stephanie Zeiger, Gordon Stein, Corey Brady,
Shuchi Grover, Kevin Leach and Akos Ledeczi
Heuristic for Individual Grading in Group Software Projects
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Seán Russell
Beyond the Code: Making Computing Cool and Uncovering Insights with High School Data Scientist
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Flavio da Silva Costa, João Luiz Lagôas De Almeida
Bertolino, Joaquim Albuquerque de Melo Bianca and Azevedo
Passos Claudio
Evolving Capacity for Computing Education in Botswana: A Comparative Look at 2021 and 2025 Teacher Perspectives
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Ethel Tshukudu, Keoikantse Sehuhula, Shain Vyomakesan and
Boitshwarelo Palamelo
The Role of Virtual Doctoral Consortia in the Post-2025 Computer Science Education Landscape
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Nickolas Falkner, Tony Clear, Lauri Malmi, Stephen Cooper
and Rodrigo Duran
Making Learning Visible: A Practitioner’s Insights into Transparent Instruction for African CS Students
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Kwan Lee, Ayebilla Avoka and Opelo Tshekiso
Building Trust in AI-Powered Assessment Through Explainable Machine Learning Models
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Musa Adekunle Ayanwale
Reclaiming Reflection in the Age of GPTs : A Design Notebook-based Assignment in an HCI Course
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Bimlesh Wadhwa
Growing a National Computing Movement in an African Country: A Multi-Stakeholder Model
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Ethel Tshukudu, Alan Peterfreund, Shanah Suping, Sue
Sentance and Quintin Cutts
Asynchronous Oral Proficiency Exams in a CS1 Course
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Scott Reckinger
An International Examination of Student Perceptions of the Ethics of Using Generative AI in CS Education
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Brian Harrington, Irina Zlotnikova, Gayathri Nadarajan and
Samuel Ekundayo
Small @ Scale: Client-Oriented Peer Mentorship for Large Classes in Software Design and Engineering
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Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García, Lucas Guarenti Zangari and
Olufisayo Omojokun
Algorithm Visualization - Don't Teach, Let'em Play
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Ludek Kucera
Let's Play! Introducing Neural Networks with Unplugged Resources
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Salomey Addo and Sue Sentance
Doctoral Consortium Lightning Talks and Poster Abstracts
The Great Grade-Off: LLMs vs. Humans
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Samuel Mazzone
Developing Young Children Artificial Intelligence Literacy through Community-Based Approaches
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Enock Mabberi
Teacher-Centered Insights: Scaffolding Emergent Bilingual Students’ Transition to Text-Based Programming
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Emma R. Dodoo
Computing Education for the Whole Athlete: Mitigating Identity Foreclosure Through Sports Technology Design
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Michael Smith
From Narratives to Code: Using Intersectional Methodology (IM) for Algorithmic Designs
