On October 24th, 2024, two members of our research lab attended the Computer Science Day (Informatiktag) hosted at the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria (PH Lower Austria). Together with fellow colleagues in Computer Science Education they provided a diverse program, including two keynotes and twelve workshops.
In the first session, Lukas Lehner presented recent developments of TU Wien Informatics eduLAB in a workshop on “Machine Learning Unplugged in the Classroom“. By enganging the participants in hands-on activities, Lukas presented our eduLAB workshop materials on decision tree learning, designed for students in higher secondary schools. Materials are freely available for download here.
The second session gave participants the opportunity to dive into the concepts of game-based learning, serious games and gamification. René Röpke offered a workshop on “Gameful Approaches using Serious Games and Gamification“. Besides web-based serious games and unplugged materials, he gave insights into educational escape games, educational role-playing games and presented examples for interactive multitouch games and games in virtual reality (VR).
The Computer Science Day 2024 – on behalf of the BMBWF – is a joint event of the PH Lower Austria, PH Vienna, KPH Vienna/Krems, University of Vienna, TU Wien Informatics and the Austrian Computer Society (OCG).
