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Download full textFrydenberg, Mark; Xu, Jennifer – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
Python is a popular, general purpose programming language that is gaining wide adoption in beginning programming courses. This paper describes the development and implementation of an introductory Python course at a business university open to students in a variety of majors and minors. Given the growing number of career opportunities in…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Introductory Courses, Data Analysis, Course Descriptions
Xu, Jennifer; Frydenberg, Mark – Information Systems Education Journal, 2021
Recent years have witnessed a growing demand for business analytics-oriented curricula. This paper presents the implementation of an introductory Python course at a business university and the attempt to elevate the course's relevance by introducing data analytics topics. The results from a survey of 64 undergraduate students of the course are…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Science Education, Information Systems, Relevance (Education)
Direct linkFrydenberg, Mark – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to argue that the process of making an original game develops digital literacy skills and provides an authentic learning experience as students create, publish and deploy interactive games. Teaching students to create computer games has become common in both K-12 and tertiary education to introducing programming concepts,…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Computer Games, Interactive Video, Programming
Frydenberg, Mark – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Teaching students to create computer games has become a common practice in both K-12 and tertiary education to introducing programming concepts, increasing student engagement, and recruiting majors and minors in technology fields. This study describes a project where first-year college students in an introductory technology concepts course use a…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses
