International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2020 (CTE2020) is the fourth international conference organized by CoolThink@JC, which is created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and co-created by The Education University of Hong Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and City University of Hong Kong.
CoolThink@JC strives to inspire the digital creativity among students and nurture their proactive use of technologies for social good from a young age. In collaboration with the world’s leading experts and local educators, CoolThink@JC empowers teachers with high-quality teaching materials, learning platform, and professional development programmes. Since 2016, CoolThink@JC has trained more than 110 teachers from 32 pilot schools and benefited over 20,000 primary students with CoolThink classes. The CoolThink@JC approach prepares students for a fast-changing digital future through a handson, minds-on, and joyful learning experience. An independent evaluation has found that students participated in CoolThink@JC grew twice as much in problem-solving skills when compared with non-participating students. Following the successful implementation of the four-year pilot, the second phase of the CoolThink@JC is launched in 2020, with the aim of mainstreaming computational thinking education.
CTE2020 is held online on 19-21 August, 2020. Last year, the conference attracted over 600 worldwide scholars, educational practitioners and policymakers from 17 countries/ regions. The International Teacher Forum is first introduced this year to reach out to K-12 CT teachers. Under the pandemic, CTE2020 experienced reschedule and has switched from face-to-face to online mode. With the support from speakers, panelists, IPC Co-chairs, IPC members and paper authors, we have gone through challenges and are excited to welcome partcipants to join us at the conference to share their research and ideas.