Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Engaging Learning Lab
Led by Christina Gardner-McCune · Computer and Information Science and Engineering
What we study
Christina Gardner-McCune's lab designs computing curricula and after-school programs for middle and high school students to broaden participation in computing. They study how to integrate computing education into K-12 schools.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Using Design Projects to Understand Youths’ Experiences with AI
2026 · ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Uses design projects to teach middle schoolers about AI through their own experiences.
- From Lecture Hall to Homeroom: Co-Designing an AI Elective with Middle School CS Teachers
2025 · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Co-designs an AI elective with middle school teachers across diverse schools.
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- Artificial intelligence education in Georgia middle schools
2025 · AI Magazine
Creates and tests an AI education program for Georgia middle schools.
- Deploying Computation-Based Making Projects In Authentic Public School Classrooms at Scale: Lessons Learned
2024 · International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
- What Is Interesting and Relevant About Cybersecurity?
2024 · Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education
Surveys CS students to understand their views on cybersecurity and secure coding.
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How to reach out
Christina Gardner-McCune hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.