Blog about how we use Pair Programming in our teaching
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We’re Writing an Edited Book – Join Us
How it’s going so far We have received 35 chapter pitches 🎉 All chapter pitches have been reviewed, and authors have received feedback. Thank you to all chapter authors who submitted a pitch! See our Approved Chapter Pitches spreadsheet for the full and updated list of chapters. Online writing retreats Register for the next online writing…
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Book: Call for Pitches and Chapter Teams
TL;DR: We are writing the book; time to pitch your chapter(s)! [Submit by 1 April 2025 12 noon GMT]; Online Writing Retreat [20 Feb 11-1pm GMT] Premise of the book ‘Teaching Programming across Disciplines’ (working title): The book is intended to be a collection of short chapters, organised around a number of overarching themes. Main audience…
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Book Chapter: Structured group work with assigned asymmetrical roles and switching – Lessons from Pair Programming across disciplines
Authors: Charlotte Desvages, Brittany Blankinship, Umberto Noè, Pawel Orzechowski This is the first book chapter draft of the Teaching Programming across Disciplines book In this chapter we will share our experiences with a structured group work format that we believe fosters student engagement, well-being, and transferable skills. What is “pair programming”? (and why should you care?)…
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Book: May Writing Retreat & Updates
TL;DR: Next Online Writing Retreat is Thursday 29 May 2025 [11-1 BST]; Chapter authors have received feedback on their pitches and are ready to start writing [due 1 September 2025]; Join a chapter team as co-author; Read our Book Submission Guidelines Writing Retreat: Thursday 29 May, 11am-1pm BST You can now register for the next…
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Book: March “book ideas” Retreat & How to get involved
TL;DR: We are writing an Open Access edited book (lots of short chapters, written by small teams of you); Register for the next online “book ideas” retreat [21 March 1pm-3pm GMT]; Email your questions to Ziska at pairprogramming@ed.ac.uk. Online “book ideas” retreat: Friday 21st March 2025 1pm-3pm GMT Thank you to everyone who came to the February…
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Winter School 2025: Organisers’ Tips and Tricks
After the success of Edinburgh Winter School 2024, we decided to do it again in 2025. This time, a few things were a bit easier. For example, we started the planning and advertising process in September 2024, giving ourselves a realistic timeline until the event date on 8th January 2025. We also had a tested…
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Chapter Titles gathered during the Winter School
Below are various chapter titles gathered during the winter schools 24 and 25. In Early 2025 during a number of writing retreats they will be used to create chapter Teams, which will write Pitches and then Chapters themselves. If you’d like to join one of the chapter teams, or start your own, do have a…
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5 Example Pitches for the Book Chapter
Below are 5 example pitches we’ve written to give you some idea of how a pitch could look like. Those are not made up 🙂 They will hopefully become real chapters! Draft pitch: 3 Stars and 1 Wish: Small and Frequent Student Reflections to promote a Sense of Wonder and a Community of Vulnerability (team:…
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Reflections on the Edinburgh Winter School 2025
The 2025 Edinburgh Winter School on the topic of Teaching Programming across Disciplines was more than just an event. It was a gathering of 136 participants, 71 of which attended in person and 65 online, who are part of a vibrant community of instructors committed to breaking down barriers in tech education and challenging the…
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Slides and Recordings for Winter School 2025: Teaching Programming across Disciplines
On This Page: About the Winter School: Online joining instructions were emailed to you if you registered. If you have any urgent questions you can contact pairprogramming@ed.ac.uk – we’ll try to keep an eye on that email during the day. On Wednesday 8th January 2025 we are organising a follow up to our very successful…