Generative AI in programming education: Bridging the gap from school to what lies ahead

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• Dr Brett A. Becker (University College Dublin)
• Tuesday 16 April 2024, 17:00-18:30
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Secondary school students and teachers have particular needs and face specific constraints that result in a unique landscape in terms of programming education. The rise of generative AI complicates this scene but also provides several potential opportunities. One of the greatest challenges in this arena is that while university students studying computing have a high likelihood of continuing on a path in computing, most school students choose to go into non-computing disciplines for further/higher education and/or their careers. This talk will focus on how generative AI may be effectively utilised in secondary school programming education and how it can be leveraged so that students can be best prepared for continuing their education or beginning their careers, regardless of discipline.

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Dr Brett A. Becker is an Assistant Professor at University College Dublin in the School of Computer Science. His research area is computing education broadly construed, normally focusing on the psychology of programming, programming error messages, novice programmer behaviour, metacognition, and generative AI in education. In 2020, he was awarded a National Forum Teaching & Learning Research Fellowship, Ireland’s most prestigious national award in higher education.

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