Blog about how we use Pair Programming in our teaching
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Winter School 24: Thoughts and graphs from the post-event feedback
Thank you everyone for sharing your feedback about the event with us (❤️ 57 people! ). It was overwhelmingly positive and useful. We had a really great time organising this event, and it was lovely to see that all of you (especially the online participants) also had a great time. We especially appreciate your answers…
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Reflections from the Edinburgh Winter School 24
Post Written by Dr Kasia Banas, who is a 2023 fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute (www.software.ac.uk) – one of the organisations who sponsored this event. In my day job, I am a data science educator, spending most of my time designing and delivering teaching in a university context. I have an amazing team of…
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Teaching Programming to Non-Programmers: Edinburgh Winter School 24
This event took place on January 11th, 2024 at the University of Edinburgh and online. On this page you will find (click to jump there): Photos and Tweets: Follow the twitter thread on here: https://twitter.com/bea_alex All photos taken by organisers on the day: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NRYh85QNZt7bmzeqHr1axi8KL3-khl4E?usp=drive_link Feedback Form: https://forms.office.com/e/fKEundgFEg Sponsors and Partners: This exciting event could not…
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Pair programming for collaborative learning in online computer labs
I’m a lecturer in the School of Mathematics at Edinburgh University. A lot of my job involves teaching introductory programming for Mathematics students. This post is adapted from a reflection I wrote in 2022 on using pair programming in online teaching — why I decided to do this, and how it went overall. Designing an…
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Ten Things We Learned about Fusion Teaching — Reflections on the first EFI Fusion Course
Note: This blog was first published on 18 October 2021 as a blog post on the page of Neuropolitics Reaserch Lab, written by By Bea Alex, Pawel Orzechowski, Martin Hawksey and Clare Llewellyn. It includes reflections on Pair Programming in a Fusion teaching (online and in-person at the same time). This week we ran our…
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A gentle introduction to coding: narratives from a CDCS programming summer school for social sciences and humanities
When people from humanities/social science start learning to code, they are not alone in the dark end of the woods. As soon as you see programming as a storytelling exercise, your metaphors and narratives become breadcrumbs which will guide you on this transformative journey. Disclaimer: This article is written like an annoying food blog: it…