Heidi Kaarto
FM/MSc
Areas of expertise
computer science education; informatics education; computational thinking; Bebras Challenge
computer science education; informatics education; computational thinking; Bebras Challenge
Research community or research topic
EDUCA Flagship. EDUCA-Doc Doctoral Pilot.
EDUCA Flagship. EDUCA-Doc Doctoral Pilot.
Biography
I'm a doctoral researcher in the Turku Research Institute for Learning Analytics. My field is computer science (or informatics) education. Currently, my research is about the annual Bebras Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking for primary and secondary school students. I coordinate the BeLLE Consortium where we promote international research collaboration on Bebras.
Publications
- BeLLE: Multinational Research Collaboration on Bebras & ViLLE (2023) ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Volume 2 Kaarto Heidi, Hyyrö Heikki, Parviainen Marika
(Other publication) - WORKING THE BASIS OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: DEFINITION AND SKILLS (2023)
- ICERI Proceedings
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Bebras Challenge in a Learning Analytics Enriched Environment: Hungarian and Indian Cases (2022)
- International Conference on Informatics in School
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )



