Webinar with Andrew Gibbons and Ricardo Sosa
7.30pm (NZST) Wednesday June 4, 2025
The interests, curiosity, and aspirations of you as an educator and of the learners in your classroom – that’s what makes computational thinking engaging for all. This and other pedagogical insights that challenge dominant ideas about digital technologies in learning come from a TLRI-funded study of Advanced Computational Thinking in the Manurewa High School Makerspace.
This webinar will explore ideas and practices that enhance experiences of computational thinking and resonate with the latest insights from the Science of Learning regarding the vital contribution of cultural awareness for learning with and about technology.
A recording of this webinar will be available after the live session.
About the presenters
Professor Andrew Gibbons draws on his experiences as an early childhood teacher, academic dean, social worker, journalist, and musician in his work in programme development, delivery, and postgraduate research supervision of early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary teacher education programmes at AUT’s School of Education. Andrew’s teaching and research is dedicated to growing teacher education programmes that break out of disciplinary siloes and generate powerful connections between teachers and the research community.
Associate Professor Ricardo Sosa Medina has a background in industrial design, and has worked in participatory design with indigenous communities in Mexico and the design of interactive learning systems. He has led innovative initiatives setting up new design programs, research labs, and partnerships with industry and local communities, and now specialises in learning and design at the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
