The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative: Shaping the skills of future engineers

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The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative
Shaping the skills of future engineers
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles
jesus.moreno@programamos.es, grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/Libresoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
EDUCON 2015, Tallinn, March 20th 2015
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative

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Goal of our paper
Review CodeEU first
editions, share the lessons
learned and present
suggestions for future
initiatives
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J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative

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Audience
Who should/could be interested in this presentation?
Organizers of CS promotion events
Politicians
CS educators
CS students
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative

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CodeEU Objectives
Address the mismatch in digital skills in the European
labour market...
... making ICT careers more attractive
... promoting CS among girls
... modifying CS teaching in K-12
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Why CodeEU
Main forecast scenario for ICT jobs and ICT jobs demand in EU
Source: eSkills for Jobs 2014
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CodeEU Facts
Source: CodeWeekEU 2014 factsheet. Alessandro Bogliolo.
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CodeEU Events
Code Sevilla: let’s code!
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CodeEU Events
Special coding session at EU Parliament
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CodeEU Events
The FlagShip Game: educational crowdcoding
http://flagshipgame.eu/
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative

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Lessons Learned
From 1st edition
Support from the
government to outreach to
more communities
Media coverage to spread
the word about the initiative
Partner with leader
companies
From 2nd edition
The work cannot be handled
by unpaid volunteers
A legal entity is required
How to assess the real
impact?
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Future Work
Create an organization
working the year round so
that every week is a code
week
Background picture: Simon Cunningham
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The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative
Shaping the skills of future engineers
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles
jesus.moreno@programamos.es, grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/Libresoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
EDUCON 2015, Tallinn, March 20th 2015
J. Moreno-Le´on, Gregorio Robles The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative