NICE Webinar: Computational Thinking and Skills: A Foundation for STEM and Cybersecurity Education

 

NICE Webinar: Computational Thinking and Skills_ A Foundation for STEM and Cybersecurity Education

The PowerPoint slides used during this webinar can be downloaded here.

Speakers:

Jeff Weld, Ph.D.

Senior Policy Advisor and Assistant Director,  STEM Education
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President

Credit: Jeff Weld

Hillary Swanson

Research Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences​
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University

Credit: Hillary Swanson

Dr. Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens

Post-Doctoral Researcher
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University

Synopsis:

Success in multiple industry sectors or any of the hundreds of new tech-heavy jobs emerging in the modern economy requires a core competency: computational thinking and skills. Computational thinking and skills extend beyond computer programming to include a larger set of knowledge and skills broadly captured by a wide swath of STEM disciplines, including cybersecurity. This webinar will explain why acquiring computational thinking and skills are important for STEM-related careers and how to incorporate and assess computational thinking and skills as part of cybersecurity education and training programs. 

Resources:

Computational thinking in K-12: A review of the state of the field

Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking

Observations and opportunities in cybersecurity education game design

A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment. 

Information Security Education – Towards a Cybersecure Society