Archival Plans and Pedagogical Materials for Computing Educators Oral History Project

By Barbara Boucher Owens and Vicki Almstrum

The Computing Educators Oral History Project (CEOHP) continues to evolve. Since the first interview was conducted in 2005, the project has undergone several phases. The most recent changes have resulted from a careful process of evaluation that has led to many changes on the website to better highlight key features of the collection.

An exciting development this past year was an agreement to partner with the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) for long-term archival of the interview materials. They will index and store the audio, video, and transcripts for all of the finalized interviews, so visitors to the CBI site will be able to discover CEOHP interviews via CBI’s finding aids.

A promising addition to the CEOHP website is a special section dedicated to educators, suggesting ways to use the CEOHP collection in instruction. This section includes instructional materials provided by two educators as a starting point. We expect this section to grow over time as others begin to explore pedagogical uses for the collection. We are in the process of indexing the CEOHP materials on the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) repository to make it easier for pre-college educators to find these materials and integrate them into their own lesson plans.

For more information please visit the website: https://ceohp.heritage.acm.org/

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