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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…

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…

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…