Cultivating Computational Thinking:Design of Experiential Learning Activities for Artificial Intelligence Courses in Vocational Colleges
Computational thinking,with its core qualities of abstraction and automation,has become a key competency in interdisciplinary problem solving.Combining computational thinking with experiential learning theory,we put forward the method of integrating the three-dimensional framework of computational thinking cultivation with the three-dimensional objectives of information technology courses in vocational colleges,and design the"five-step"teaching method of computational thinking cultivation.Taking the artificial intelligence project of"Face Emotion Recognition"in information technology course as an example,we let students experience the whole process of"judging,thinking,constructing,doing and creating"of computational thinking,so as to put the cultivation of computational thinking of students into practice and improve their core literacy.It provides teaching theoretical support and practical strategies for the teaching of experiential learning in vocational colleges oriented to the cultivation of computational thinking.