Previous research indicates that students in introductory programming courses show a preference for male instructors. However, existing studies are mostly based on natural experiments, where instructor gender is necessarily confounded with other elements such as teaching style and existing classroom dynamics.

Gender bias has long been recognized as a barrier to diversity and inclusion within computer science. Though gender bias has been heavily discussed, current research on the influence of instructor gender on student bias remains fragmented and diffuse. In this work, we systematically query and map the existing research on gender bias as it relates to perceptions of computer science instructors. This mapping serves as a resource to the community in its own right, and also allows the identification of areas of over/under analysis and avenues for further research.

Collaboration and Teamwork are some of the most important non-technical skills required by computer science graduates. However, the research on collaboration in CS education is diffuse and inconsistent. In this work, we set out to systematically catalog and map the research on collaboration as it pertains to computer science education. We produce a literature mapping of research on the axes of population being studied, intervention being researched, and method of evaluation. We find a large number of papers studying group projects or assessments, but very few with directly assigned roles or clear hierarchies, and much of the research is on the student experience, with relatively limited insight into the efficacy or learning outcomes. The full literature map, heat maps, and systematic details are made available for the community.

This study is a Metaverse education framework in higher education for a shared learning environment at a consortium university. Here is a case of a consortium university in Korea, which has established a shared learning environment that can entail various advantages by forming a consortium between local governments, universities, and companies. In this work in progress, a Metaverse virtual campus was opened to overcome the distance between regions, and an LMS system was used for learning management. Despite the different attributes of the website and Metaverse, suggestions on how to build a new learning system were described by combining mutual advantages.