Computing Camps for Girls: A First-Time Experience at the University of Limerick
Publication date
2018
Authors
McInerney, Clare
Lamprecht, A.L.
Margaria, Tiziana
Editors
Tatnall, Arthur
Webb, Mary
Advisors
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Part of book
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Abstract
Increasing the number of females in ICT-related university courses has been a major concern for several years. In 2015, we offered a girls-only computing summer camp for the first time, as a new component in our education and outreach activities to foster students’ interest in our discipline. In this paper, we describe the motivation for the camp and how we designed the program, and we report our experiences and survey findings from the first two editions of the camp. They can provide guidance for planning further events targeting females, and help to integrate awareness about underrepresentation of females in other activities.
Keywords
Computer science education, Computational thinking, Modelling, Programming, Women in STEM, Taverne
Citation
McInerney, C, Lamprecht, A L & Margaria, T 2018, Computing Camps for Girls : A First-Time Experience at the University of Limerick. in A Tatnall & M Webb (eds), Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone : Learning with and about technologies and computing. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 515, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 494-505, 2017 World Conference on Computers in Education, Dublin, Ireland, 3/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50, conference