Computing Camps for Girls: A First-Time Experience at the University of Limerick

Clare McInerney; A.L. Lamprecht; Tiziana Margaria

Computing Camps for Girls: A First-Time Experience at the University of Limerick

Clare McInerney, A.L. Lamprecht, Tiziana Margaria

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Increasing the number of females in ICT-related university courses has been a major concern for several years, also at th University of Limerick. In 2015, we offered a girls-only computing summer camp for the first time, as a new component i our education and outreach activities to foster students’ interest in our discipline. We describe the motivation for the cam and how we designed the program, and we report our experiences and survey findings from the first two editions of th camp. They can provide guidance for planning further events targeting females, and help to integrate an awareness abou underrepresentation of females in other activities.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jul 2017
Event	2017 World Conference on Computers in Education - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 3 Jul 2017 → 6 Jul 2017 http://wcce2017.com

Conference

Conference	2017 World Conference on Computers in Education
Abbreviated title	WCCE 2017
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	3/07/17 → 6/07/17
Internet address	http://wcce2017.com

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