Computing education research (CER), also known as computer science education (CSEd), is the study of how people learn computing and the invention of better ways to teach computing. This FAQ will teach you more about the field and how you might contribute to it.
First, CER is not teaching. Teaching is helping people acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. Research is discovery and invention. Teachers teach computing, whereas computing education researchers discover what is true about the teaching and learning of computing, and invent new techniques for teaching and assessing it (some pedagogical, some computational).
CER is also not educational technology. Computing education researchers often create educational technologies to support the learning and teaching of computing, but CER is not concerned with the broad use of technology in learning, teaching, and education. It's specifically concerned with the learning and teaching of computing.
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