UKICER 2021: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research 2021 University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK, September 2-3, 2021 |
Conference website | http://www.ukicer.com |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ukicer2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | June 18, 2021 |
Submission deadline | June 25, 2021 |
The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference from the UK ACM Special Interest Group in Computing Science Education is seeking high quality contributions to research relevant to computing science education. Contributions are sought in a variety of categories with emphasis on high-quality and rigorous work.
PAPERS
Papers should describe a rigorously executed piece of work, include a motivating research question and discussion of prior related work. We welcome:
- Reseach papers describing a research experiment in a school, university or informal educational setting. The experiment should be rigorously conducted – if this is the case, null results will still be considered for publication.
- Tool design papers which carefully document design constraints, user considerations, relevant pedagogical concerns, and justify the design decisions taken in a way that would be useful to other designers, and include details of user testing or other initial measures of effectiveness.
All submitted papers should have a research component. Papers focused purely on practice-related topics such as implementation of new curricula or new course designs may be better suited to our sister Computing Education Practice conference.
Paper Format and Submission
Papers should be submitted in ACM double-column conference proceedings format. The page limit is six pages, not counting the references. The references may occupy a seventh page if the paper reaches the six page limit. Papers must be submitted in an anonymised form for double-blind review. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, and presented in a session at the conference.
WORKSHOPS
We invite proposals for running 1-2 hour workshops. The workshops should be relevant to British and Irish educators (in a university or school setting) and/or computing education researchers. Example workshops may be on the use of research techniques (e.g. qualitative methods), grant writing, pedagogical techniques (e.g. peer instruction), tools (e.g. programming environments, assessment tools), or any other topic which may be relevant to conference attendees.
Workshops will take place in the afternoon of first day of the conference. Workshop organisers will be given an opportunity to advertise their workshop via a one-minute lightning talk earlier in the conference.
Workshop Format and Submission
Workshop proposals should be submitted in ACM double-column conference proceedings format. The page limit is two pages, including references. Workshop proposal must be submitted in an anonymised form for review. Workshop proposals should include: details of the workshop’s content, practical requirements (e.g. group discussion tables, computer room, etc) whether or not this workshop has been run before, and intended take-away knowledge for participants. The authors of accepted workshop proposals will be invited to deliver the workshop at the conference.
POSTERS
We invite posters for presentation and discussion at the conference. The posters should be relevant to British and Irish educators (in a university or school setting) and/or computing education researchers. Example posters could include initial ideas, experimental designs, pedagogical techniques or early proposals to address open challenges in computing science education research.
Poster Format and Submission
Poster abstracts should be submitted in ACM double-column conference proceedings format. The page limit is one page, including references. Poster abstracts must be submitted in an anonymised form for review. The authors of accepted poster abstracts will be invited to present a poster at the conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
MILESTONE | DATE AND TIME |
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Call for participation |
Thursday, January 8, 2020. |
Abstracts deadline |
Friday, June 18, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Full papers deadline |
Friday, June 25, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Workshop proposals deadline |
Friday, June 25, 2020, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Poster abstracts deadline |
Monday, July 9, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Paper acceptance notification |
Friday, July 23, 2021. |
Workshop proposal notification |
Monday, July 23, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Poster abstracts notification |
Monday, July 30, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). |
Camera-ready version due |
Friday, August 6, 2021, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12) |
Committees
General and Programme Chairs
- Quintin Cutts, University of Glasgow.
- Joseph Maguire, University of Glasgow.
Workshop, Posters and Event Chairs
- Rosanne English, University of Strathclyde.
- Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh.
- Jack Parkinson, University of Glasgow.
Organizing committee
- Lovisa Sundin, University of Glasgow.
- Ethel Tshukudu, University of Glasgow.
- Elizabeth Cole, University of Glasgow.
- Mireilla Bikanga Ada, University of Glasgow.
- Maria Evangelopoulou, University of Glasgow.
- Fionnuala Johnson, University of Glasgow.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to joseph.maguire@glasgow.ac.uk and quintin.cutts@glasgow.ac.uk.