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Reflections on Koli Calling Conference: emergence of the Koli spirit

Reflections on Koli Calling Conference: emergence of the Koli spirit

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Author	Malmi, Lauri Salakoski, Tapio
Abstract	Koli Calling was originally launched as a meeting to shake Finnish computer science teachers' minds. Its original name "Kolin Kolistelut" actually means "Koli's rattling", which may have had something to do with the decision that the conference was organized in the middle of a nature park, far away from urban civilization. More seriously, the goal was to establish a discussion forum where novel ideas of teaching computing could be exchanged and discussed in a setting where we retreat to an isolated place for a short time, and forget our everyday worries and tasks. Finns have had a tradition to go walking in a forest alone when they want to think seriously. Nature inspires us. The goal was to invent something new. Indeed, Koli has looked to the future with open eyes, and allowed developing the conference concept in many ways. In the first years the conference was almost purely a meeting of Finns, with the discussion language switching from Finnish to English when some of the very few foreigners entered the room. In 2004, the PC made a decision to turn the conference from sharing best practice towards a scientific forum. Several different submission tracks for papers were opened: research papers, discussion papers, and posters or demos. In the following years the categorization has been tuned several times, and the requirements for submissions as well as review criteria in each category have been clarified. This decision has been highly successful for the conference. It has allowed to invite and accept a rich variation of submissions, which contribute to the computing education community in different ways. Research papers must have a clear theoretical basis. Discussion papers can present novel ideas, tools, initial research results or interesting challenges for the community to be discussed. System papers emphasize the importance of technical research in the field, by allowing technical descriptions of novel tools and technologies without empirical evaluation (which often has been presented later as a research paper). Tools workshop furthers this idea by accepting submissions of systems, which are evaluated as such instead of plain papers. And finally, poster/demo category has been used for presenting novel innovative works in their early phase to allow getting feedback from the community. The isolated location has very strongly supported building the community. In the two full days, one evening and one morning all participants are available for discussion. The small, tightly packed classroom brings the people, who come from Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US, and Asia, near each other and promotes encouraging and constructive comments on the presented work. This has been especially important for PhD students, and Koli has indeed been very popular among them, as they have excellent possibilities to get to know seniors in the field and build relations, which have often lead to future collaboration. In recent years, Koli has added doctoral consortium into its program, to give a more structured form to help PhD students to develop their research plan. Finally, free time discussions during the Saturday afternoon walk in the nature park, and in sauna on Friday and Saturday evening allows people to get to know each other in a relaxed feeling. For many visitors, the beautiful nature, walking in snow and even rolling in snow after sauna have given unforgettable memories. These experiences and the friendly and encouraging Koli spirit bring them back to the conference often year after year.
Starting Page	128
Ending Page	128
Page Count	1
ISBN	9781450305204
DOI	10.1145/1930464.1930487
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2010-10-28
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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