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Nicola Looker
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Lecturer of Secondary Education (Computing) at Edge Hill University and PhD student at University of Glasgow (Centre for Computing Science Education) https://linktr.ee/nicolalooker
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Sep 10
#CSEdRStudent meetups return on 18 Sept! Kicking off with @jackparkinson.bsky.social from @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Topic: Practical Writing Advice for Academic Papers: Personal Insights. Great tips + talk on academic writing. DM me or @IAmKatharineC for details!
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Sep 7
So pleased that my first article, co-authored with Quintin Cutts, is now published (open access) dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.... Really enjoyed #UKICER - presenting for the first time was nerve-wracking, but a great experience! Looking forward to discussing the paper and issues raised at #CASConf25.
Formal School Computing Education Won't Work Until We Understand The Problem | Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Mar 12
Great talk for those thinking about community education and inclusive software design
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Mar 8
#ComputingEducation #EHUComputingEducation
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Mark Guzdial @markguzdial.bsky.social · Feb 17
New blog post: How K-12 CS teachers support students for whom English is not their first language

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How K-12 CS teachers support students for whom English is not their first language
Emma Dodoo is an Engineering Education Research PhD student working with me. She was born in the United States but grew up in Ghana. Her world growing up was multi-lingual and multi-cultural. When …
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Feb 16
When holiday, work and PhD combine...as a teacher I always enjoyed the #cs4fn Intelligent Piece of Paper activity. It seems even more relevant these days: www.cs4fn.org/teachers/act...
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Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · Dec 1
Lots of idea-sharing & discussion about research/practice at the Teacher Inquiry in Computing Education face-to-face meet-up - great to be involved! Huge thanks to all and @suesentance.bsky.social @rpcerc.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social @beccip.bsky.social
Link: bit.ly/3OzKvxG
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