[AISWorld] NSF-funded workshop on Integrating Financial Literacy and Game-Based Learning into Computing Education

[Zhu, Harry]

Dear Colleagues,

*** Register soon - registration will be closed in approximately a week. ***

Date: June 5-6, 2014
Location: UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA (25 miles north of Boston)
To register: http://tinyurl.com/kyofrqh

You are invited to attend a 2-day workshop on Integrating Financial Literacy and Game-Based Learning into Computing Education. Funded by NSF, this workshop will demonstrate how to effectively integrate financial literacy into introductory level computing courses and use game-based learning to engage students to learn computing and financial literacy simultaneously. 

With more than two thirds of undergraduates having substantial student loan debt and the total outstanding debt surpassing $1 trillion, financial literacy is exceedingly important to students. Through this workshop, you will see how this need can be addressed within the Information Systems curricular. 

The workshop will be on June 5-6 at UMass Lowell. Lowell is only 25 miles north of Boston. 
Registration is free (with limited seats) at http://tinyurl.com/kyofrqh
Lodging: UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, http://www.acc-umlinnandconferencecenter.com
(ask for University Rate, $99/night + taxes; limited capacity; book early)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at harry_zhu at uml.edu

Thanks,
Harry

Hongwei (Harry) Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
UMass Lowell
978-934-2585