Computing education will not be one size fits all

INTRODUCTION Having been invited to opine on “The 5 Big Open Questions in Computing Science Education,” in the context of looking toward the next 50 years of SIGCSE, my first step was to consider what I thought those questions might be. I address here two areas that I believe represent big open questions or issues. 1. There are currently many large curricular areas included under computing science education, but what will the field be called in the future, and does the name influence what is taught? 2. The large economic gap between the developed and developing world correlates with a large technology gap. Yet need exists in the developing world for increased applications of technology and increased access to technology, in general, and to the internet specifically. Should this potential be considered when structuring and changing computing education in both the developed and developing world?