Computing camps for girls – a first-time experience at the university of Limerick

Clare McInerney; Anna Lena Lamprecht; Tiziana Margaria

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50

Computing camps for girls – a first-time experience at the university of Limerick

Clare McInerney
, Anna Lena Lamprecht
, Tiziana Margaria

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tomorrow’s Learning
Subtitle of host publication	Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Arthur Tatnall, Mary Webb
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	494-505
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319743097
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers and Education, WCCE 2017 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 3 Jul 2017 → 6 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	515
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

Conference

Conference	11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers and Education, WCCE 2017
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	3/07/17 → 6/07/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Computational thinking
Computer science education
Modelling
Programming
Women in STEM

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McInerney, C., Lamprecht, A. L., & Margaria, T. (2017). 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 - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 494-505). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 515). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50

McInerney, Clare ; Lamprecht, Anna Lena ; Margaria, Tiziana. / Computing camps for girls – a first-time experience at the university of Limerick. Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Arthur Tatnall ; Mary Webb. Springer New York LLC, 2017. pp. 494-505 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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McInerney, C, Lamprecht, AL & Margaria, T 2017, 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 - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 515, Springer New York LLC, pp. 494-505, 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers and Education, WCCE 2017, Dublin, Ireland, 3/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50

Computing camps for girls – a first-time experience at the university of Limerick. / McInerney, Clare; Lamprecht, Anna Lena; Margaria, Tiziana.
Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Arthur Tatnall; Mary Webb. Springer New York LLC, 2017. p. 494-505 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 515).

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McInerney C, Lamprecht AL, Margaria T. Computing camps for girls – a first-time experience at the university of Limerick. In Tatnall A, Webb M, editors, Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer New York LLC. 2017. p. 494-505. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_50

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