Mark Guzdial

Mark Guzdial
University of Michigan
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Professor of Information, School of Information

Dr. Mark Guzdial is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Information in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. His books on Media Computation teach programming through creating and manipulating digital media. Media Computation has had a significant impact on retention at adopting institutions. He was the original developer of “Swiki,” the first wiki designed for educational use. He is on the editorial boards of the “Journal of the Learning Sciences,” “ACM Transactions on Computing Education,” and “Communications of the ACM.” With his wife and colleague, Barbara Ericson, he received the 2010 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. He was also the recipient of the 2012 IEEE Computer Society Undergraduate Teaching Award. 

Today, he is one of the leaders in the “Expanding Computing Education Pathways” (ECEP) NSF alliance, which serves states as they seek to make computing education more accessible to more students.

Watch Dr. Mark Guzdial’s Summit interview here

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