{"498841":{"#nid":"498841","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Mark Guzdial","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMark Guzdial is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a learning scientist who focuses on computing education research. Guzdial invented\u0026nbsp;\u201cMedia Computation\u201d and has published several books on the use of media as a context for learning computing. Preparing more high school computing teachers is critical to improving access to computing education, so he \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/home.cc.gatech.edu\/csl\/CSLearning4U\u0022\u003Eco-leads an effort\u003C\/a\u003E to develop electronic books that support teacher learning about computing. Guzdial is one of the leads on the National Science Foundation-funded \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ecepalliance.org\u0022\u003EExpanding Computing Education Pathways\u003C\/a\u003E (ECEP) alliance to help states improve and broaden participation in computing education. He serves on the ACM\u0027s Education Council and 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 and is an ACM Distinguished Educator and Fellow of the ACM. Guzdial\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/computinged.wordpress.com\u0022\u003E\u0022Computing Education Blog\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 is considered \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.computersciencedegreehub.com\/top-30-computer-science-programming-blogs-2014\/\u0022\u003Ethe most definitive and current resource on computing in K-12 education\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp;He holds a joint doctorate in education and computer science from the University of Michigan.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHuman-Centered Computing \u0026amp; Cognitive Science\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELearning Sciences, Technology \u0026amp; Computer Education\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 17:04:48","changed_gmt":"2016-04-06 14:17:17","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"356751":{"id":"356751","type":"image","title":"Mark Guzdial compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245762","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:02","changed":"1475895089","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:29","alt":"Mark Guzdial compressed","file":{"fid":"201408","name":"mark-guzdial.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark-guzdial_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark-guzdial_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11401,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mark-guzdial_0.jpg?itok=Jc7tAPSP"}}},"media_ids":["356751"],"groups":[{"id":"491791","name":"CoC Experts Guide Group"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"8155","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":{"work":"4048945618"},"contact":[],"email":["guzdial@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}