In theory, the gig economy facilitates flexible, digitally mediated employment arrangements.
Why do some people wind up doing gig work while others do not? We focus on how online …

Background: A variety of self-directed opportunities to learn how to program are available to
kids. But how do kids manage the motivational and cognitive challenges of creating …

Through a mixed-method analysis of data from Scratch, we examine how novices learn to
program with simple data structures by using community-produced learning resources. First …

Online community moderators often rely on social signals such as whether or not a user has
an account or a profile page as clues that users may cause problems. Reliance on these …

This one-day hybrid workshop builds on previous feminist CSCW workshops to explore
feminist theoretical and methodological approaches that have provided us with useful tools …

Although socializing is a powerful driver of youth engagement online, platforms struggle to
leverage social engagement to promote learning. We seek to understand this dynamic using …

Online design communities, where members exchange free-form views on others' designs,
offer a space for beginners to learn visual design. However, the content of these …

Hackathon-style coding events are a popular and promising approach to broadening
participation in computer science and engineering. We present a quantitative analysis of self …

Online programming communities provide a space for novices to engage with computing
concepts, allowing them to learn and develop computing skills using user-generated …

Some of the most popular websites depend on user-generated content produced and
aggregated by unpaid volunteers. Contributing in such ways constitutes a type of generous …