Posts about the edited book: Teaching Programming Across Disciplines
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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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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: 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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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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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…