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	What Does It Mean To Learn?

Thursday

10.10

USI East Campus, Room D1.13

16:30 - 17:30


	Luca Chiodini Università della Svizzera italiana

Abstract: We can easily open a dictionary and read a definition of learning. But what does it really mean to learn? How can we tell if genuine learning has occurred? Drawing on research in education, this talk will discuss the central concept of transfer of learning. We will explore a worrying number of cases in which students fail to demonstrate both far and near transfer. Programming education is no exception: learning to program in one domain does not guarantee success in other domains. This evidence challenges teachers’ and researchers’ practices, as transfer is the cornerstone of education.

Biography: Luca Chiodini is a PhD student in the LuCE research lab at the Software Institute. After completing a double MSc degree between Milano-Bicocca and USI, he decided to stay in Lugano to continue exploring what he enjoys: computer science, education, and everything in between.

Chair: Davide Paolo Tua

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In February 2019, the Software Institute started its SI Seminar Series. Every Thursday afternoon, a researcher of the Institute will publicly give a short talk on a software engineering argument of their choice. Examples include, but are not limited to novel interesting papers, seminal papers, personal research overview, discussion of preliminary research ideas, tutorials, and small experiments.
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