{"638165":{"#nid":"638165","#data":{"type":"news","title":"OMSCS Shines at Top Educational Technology Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/623681\/omscs-dominates-learning-scale\u0022\u003Econtinues to be one of the stars\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/learningatscale.acm.org\/las2020\u0022\u003ELearning @ Scale (L@S)\u003C\/a\u003E, the Association of Computing Machinery\u0026rsquo;s annual conference celebrating digital learning. With 17 research projects and students presiding over the conference, the College of Computing is one of the leaders in this space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/david-joyner\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Joyner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS)\u003C\/a\u003E and online education, and OMSCS student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ambassadorcxo\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Schmidt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E are on the organizing committee. Joyner is also involved in the steering and programming committees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOMSCS\u0026rsquo;s influence also extends to research with five full papers and 12 short papers on everything from plagiarism to peer evaluations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The most remarkable thing to me is the number of students, including online students, with work at the conference,\u0026rdquo; Joyner said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s evidence that OMSCS students have a thirst for research opportunities and will make the most of them when they have them.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the digital learning community had planned to gather Aug. 12-14 in Atlanta for this year\u0026rsquo;s conference. If there was any conference that could be virtual, however, it\u0026rsquo;s one devoted to online learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, there were challenges to moving everything online. Schmidt is in charge of organizing workshops and had to determine how to move everything to Zoom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are a lot of questions you need to ask to prepare,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Do you have multiple computers? What do you do if the network goes down? It\u0026rsquo;s about making sure all software works before the session starts, and that you have everything you need in front in you.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYet Schmidt is confident they are prepared.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;At OMSCS, we\u0026rsquo;re experts in this,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech continues to be one of the stars at Learning @ Scale (L@S), the Association of Computing Machinery\u2019s annual conference celebrating digital learning."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2020-08-20 21:11:40","changed_gmt":"2020-08-20 21:17:54","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"638166":{"id":"638166","type":"image","title":"OMSCS Tour","body":null,"created":"1597958250","gmt_created":"2020-08-20 21:17:30","changed":"1597958250","gmt_changed":"2020-08-20 21:17:30","alt":"OMSCS campus tour","file":{"fid":"242713","name":"47790952601_7e4edb316e_c.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/47790952601_7e4edb316e_c.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/47790952601_7e4edb316e_c.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":203625,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/47790952601_7e4edb316e_c.jpg?itok=tG6_G0yE"}}},"media_ids":["638166"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"431631","name":"OMS"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}