Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Computing education research and educational technology
Department of Computer Science Research area
Computer science, psychology, and education.
Computing education research (CER) contributes scientific knowledge about the learning and teaching of computer programming and other areas of computing education; develops software tools, pedagogies, and theoretical models to help computing students and teachers; and evaluates such tools, pedagogies, and models empirically.
CER is an interdisciplinary field at the cross-section of computer science, psychology, and education.
We develop and apply educational technology, learning analytics and educational data mining to improve computing education as well as other fields of education.
Research topics: Computing education research, learning analytics, educational technology.
Research area webpage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-computer-science/computing-education-research-and-educational-technology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Lassi Haaranen
- Department of Computer Science - University Lecturer
- Lecturer Haaranen Lassi group - University Lecturer
- Computer Science Lecturers - University Lecturer
- Computer Science - Computing education research and educational technology (CER) - Research area - University Lecturer
- Computer Science RA - Software Engineering - University Lecturer
Person: Teaching staff
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Arto Hellas
- Department of Computer Science - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science Lecturers - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science - Computing education research and educational technology (CER) - Research area - Senior University Lecturer
- Lecturer Hellas Arto group - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science RA - Computing Education Research - Senior University Lecturer
Person: Teaching staff
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Ari Korhonen
- Department of Computer Science - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science Lecturers - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science - Computing education research and educational technology (CER) - Research area - Senior University Lecturer
- Lecturer Korhonen Ari group - Senior University Lecturer
- Computer Science RA - Computing Education Research - Senior University Lecturer
Person: Teaching staff
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Data structures and algorithms misconceptions in concept inventories : a systematic literature review
Tilanterä, A. & Korhonen, A., 8 Mar 2026, In: Computer Science Education. p. 1-31 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Fine-Tuning Open-Source Models as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary LLMs for Explaining Compiler Messages
Solano, L. L., Koutcheme, C., Leinonen, J., Vassar, A. & Renzella, J., 17 Feb 2026, SIGCSE TS 2026 - Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. ACM, Vol. 1. p. 617-623Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
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The Impostor Phenomenon and the Confidence Gap
Hellas, A. & Petersen, A., 17 Feb 2026, SIGCSE TS 2026 - Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1. ACM, p. 449-455 7 p. (SIGCSE TS 2026 - Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Morning or Evening? An Examination of Circadian Rhythms of CS1 Students
Zavgorodniaia, A. (Creator), Shrestha, R. (Creator), Leinonen, J. (Creator), Hellas, A. (Creator) & Edwards, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 3 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4498456, https://zenodo.org/record/4498457
Dataset: Software or code
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IDE Action Log Dataset from a CS1 MOOC
Leinonen, J. (Creator) & Hellas, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 26 Jul 2022
Dataset
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Let's Ask AI About Their Programs
Lehtinen, T. (Creator), Koutcheme, C. (Creator) & Hellas, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 20 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8434781, https://zenodo.org10540923
Dataset
Prizes
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Aalto Pioneering Excellence Honorable Mention
Seppälä, O. (Recipient), Sorva, J. (Recipient), Korhonen, A. (Recipient), Pollari-Malmi, K. (Recipient), Suoranta, S. (Recipient), Ahrenberg, L. (Recipient), Hellas, A. (Recipient), Leinonen, J. (Recipient), Malmi, L. (Recipient), Junttila, T. (Recipient), Suomela, J. (Recipient), Rytkönen, A. (Recipient) & Vuorimaa, P. (Recipient), 26 Nov 2025
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best Research Paper of 2025 Award at the GenAI in CS Education Workshop: Practice and Research (AICSEPAR) 2026
Denny, P. (Recipient), Kumar, V. (Recipient), MacNeil, S. (Recipient), Prather, J. (Recipient) & Leinonen, J. (Recipient), 17 Mar 2026
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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ICER 2022 Best Paper Award for Article "Automatic Generation of Programming Exercises and Code Explanations Using Large Language Models"
Sarsa, S. (Recipient), Denny, P. (Recipient), Hellas, A. (Recipient) & Leinonen, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
- 18 Membership of a scientific or program committee of a conference or seminar
- 9 Participant of a conference, workshop, session, tutorial or event
- 7 Statement of assessment of professorship
- 6 Pre-examination of doctoral thesis or acting as opponent to doctoral students or membership of doctoral thesis committee or board
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Membership of doctoral thesis committee
Sorva, J. (Examiner)
21 Mar 2025Activity: Academic assessments › Pre-examination of doctoral thesis or acting as opponent to doctoral students or membership of doctoral thesis committee or board
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Evaluation for docentship
Malmi, L. (Examiner)
20 Nov 2025Activity: Academic assessments › Statement of assessment of docentship
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Member of assessment committee
Malmi, L. (Examiner)
3 Jun 2025Activity: Academic assessments › Pre-examination of doctoral thesis or acting as opponent to doctoral students or membership of doctoral thesis committee or board
Press/Media
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International computing society recognizes 2023 Distinguished Members for significant achievements
23/01/2024 → 24/01/2024
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Chat GPT auttoi Tommi Koirikiveä koodaamaan parkkisakkosivuston muutamassa päivässä: ”Aika monta kertaa jouduin nostamaan leuan lattialta”
15/05/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Research from Aalto University Reveals New Findings on Computing (Cognitive Load Theory in Computing Education Research: A Review)
14/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance