Join the CEPIS Informatics Education expert group
The CEPIS Informatics Education expert group (formerly Computing in Schools SIN) strives for the recognition of Informatics/Computer Science as a vital subject in school curricula. It recommends that Informatics should be included in compulsory school curricula like other subjects such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and thus provide students with the skills needed to participate in today’s increasingly digital society.
“Teaching informatics for all teachers”mini-conference held in Italy
The CEPIS Informatics Education (IE) expert group held a mini-conference on teaching informatics to teachers on 11 November 2022 in Milan, Italy. The mini-conference was organised within the scope of the two-day Didamatica 2022 conference, which was organised by the Italian ICT Association (AICA).
Informatics Education group holds mini conference on informatics teacher education
The Computing in Schools (CIS) SIN and the Slovak Society for Computer Science (SSCS) held the event ‘Strategies for Informatics Teachers Education’ on 21 June in Bratislava. It was organised by CEPIS and SSCS in cooperation with the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
CEPIS joins partners in promoting computer science education at conference in Brussels
On 20 February 2019, CEPIS joined ACM Europe and Informatics Europe (IE) in Brussels to host a gathering of stakeholders invested in the promotion of computer science across Europe. Representatives from both private and public sectors were present, including from the European Commission, to brainstorm key challenges and gather the ideas into a concrete action plan.
Informatics for All Coalition Releases New Strategy
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Europe Council (ACM) and Informatics Europe have co-developed a new strategy, titled ‘Informatics for All: The Strategy’. The strategy offers a comprehensive plan to establish informatics as a fundamental subject for students in Europe at all educational levels. The strategy was presented at a panel discussion with leading informatics educators, …
