Dr Roger McDermott
| Research Interests | Broad areas of Computing and Engineering Education: • The use of Generative AI tools in Education and their pedagogical implications. • The Philosophy of Computing Education. • How students approach open-ended or ill-structured/defined problems. • Scenario-based activities to enhance Academic Integrity • Competency models of Computing and Engineering education • The development of the concepts of phronesis and authenticity in Computing and Engineering education. • The epistemological and ontological commitments of computing and engineering students. My research interests all focus on how we teach computing ; what things should concern us in the computing curriculum, what competencies (knowledge, skills and dispositions) students need to be a computing professional, what values should they espouse, and how these differ from those taught in other disciplines, such as mathematics or engineering. Another way of saying this is that I am interested in the philosophy of computing education, its ontology, its epistemology and methodology, and its axiology (i.e. its ethics and aesthetics). A current research field is the impact that generative AI will have on the theory and practice of (computing) education. |
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| Teaching and Learning | Main Teaching areas are: Mathematics Programming (Java, Javascript, Python) Cryptography and Computer Security For Teaching and Learning interests, see Research Interests. It really is research, you know! |