Conference Program

09:00 Registration and virtual coffee
09:15 Welcome to the conference

Professor Morten Misfeldt, associate professor Daniel Spikol and postdoc Andreas Lindenskov Tamborg, Center for Digital Education, University of Copenhagen welcomes you to the conference
09:30 What is CT to you?
Speed talking session.

Moderated by Andreas Lindenskov Tamborg
10:00 Computational Thinking and Computational Literacy: Past, Present, and Future.
Keynote by professor Gerhard Fischer

Read the abstract for the keynote and a short bio on Gerhard Fischer
10:30 Discussion and questions
Ask questions and discuss the keynote with Gerhard Fischer.

Moderated by Daniel Spikol
10:45 Break - bring your own coffee, tea and snacks
11:00 CT in the Nordics.
Short paper presentations and discussions.

The six papers are:
  1. Roland and Ane: Redefining practices in preschool and school with computational things
  2. Niels, Margrethe, and Nina: Design for motivation with computational things
  3. Nina and Stig: Learning computational thinking with computational things – a theoretical perspective
  4. Melissa, David, and Daniel: Supporting Computational Thinking with design activities
  5. Kristina and Anders K: Computational talking: Learning programming through social and digital interaction
  6. Ellen and Anders M: How can Collaborative Learning be supported in a Makerspace Setting: Implications for Scaffolding and Instructional Design

Moderated by Anders Mørch
12:30 Offline lunch break
13:00 Walk, play and Listen.
Live podcast with Helle Marie Skovbjerg and Sofie Kinch, Design School Kolding, Denmark. Go for a short walk while listening to Helle and Sofie.

Skovbjerg is Denmark's first professor in play and leads research projects on play philosophy and playful design solutions. Kinch brings together architecture and interaction design to create new digital and physical experiences that investigate new materialities of emerging technologies.
13:50 Break - bring your own coffee, tea and snacks
14:00

Next Steps.
Plenary discussion on practical and academic aspects of CT.

Topics for the discussion:

Practical:
- CT in the Nordics
- CT in teaching

Academic:
- Research
- Collaborations

Moderated by Daniel Spikol
14:30 Farewell and virtual reception.

Grab a drink, mingle across the physical and digital