LTEC Blog

LTEC Staff Profile: Todd Lash

February 07, 2017

Name: Todd Lash

LTEC Role: Teacher Leader (former); Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois (current)

Exploratory Research: How Can We Make Computer Science More Accessible for Students Who Learn Differently?

January 30, 2017

Guest blog post by Outlier Research & Evaluation, UChicago STEM Education’s Sarah Wille – PI of the CSP and Students with Learning Differences study

As computing learning opportunities expand across the country, we must ask the practical question: How do we work toward a more accessible computer science (CS) for students with specific learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorders? Students with these types of learning-based differences are often lost in conversations about diversifying CS. In an NSF-supported study I lead with colleagues at Outlier Research & Evaluation and the Wolcott School, we refer to these students as students with learning differences or students who learn differently. Our work is exploring ways to make CS – and the new AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course specifically – more accessible for these particular learners.

LTEC Retreat Recap

January 23, 2017

Happy 2017 to all!

The LTEC team kicked off the new year with a full-day retreat to share and discuss our work on the project thus far and to decide where we’re headed next.

LTEC Staff Profile: Katie Rich (2016)

December 12, 2016

Hello, everyone. In an effort to add variety and interest to our blog posts, we’re starting a new series of staff profiles. We hope you’ll enjoy learning a little bit about us and be inspired to share a bit about yourselves and your interests in the comment section.