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Lang, Guido; Sharp, Jason H. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
This study aims to shed light on what students like and dislike in coding bootcamps. A qualitative content analysis of student reviews for coding bootcamps was conducted, resulting in a research model and survey instrument consisting of fourteen factors that are proposed to affect coding bootcamp satisfaction. The proposed satisfaction factors…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Program Length, Student Satisfaction
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Andrew Pilsch – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This article considers what 'minimal' might mean in the context of using minimal computing tools in the humanities classroom. Specifically, it recounts experiences teaching students to make websites using Jekyll, a popular minimal website generation tool, using different understandings of 'minimal.' In one, students were encouraged to use a Web…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Humanities Instruction, Web Sites
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Dilmen, Kaan; Kert, Serhat Bahadir; Ugras, Tuba – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Programming education is an important educational process that enables the development of children's problem solving and algorithmic thinking skills. It is known that children frequently encounter syntax problems in coding activities. Many block-based programming software has been developed to eliminate this difficulty in the learning process.…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Coding, Programming Languages
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Timur, Serkan; Timur, Betül; Güvenç, Elif; Us, Ilknur; Yalçinkaya-Önder, Eylem – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2021
In this study, it was aimed to examine the pre-service pre-school teachers' opinions about using block-based coding/Scratch in education. 28 pre-service pre-school teachers were participated studying at a public university in a Marmara province region. Within the scope of the study, pre-service teachers were trained on the block-based coding…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Coding, State Universities
Lei Tang – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The software industry spends a tremendous amount of effort and resources on software testing and maintenance to improve the quality of software. However, a large portion of the cost may be saved by training high-quality software developers with better Computer Science education. Skilled software developers can not only produce code of fewer bugs…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Introductory Courses, Programming
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Sturgill, Amanda; Hannam, Ben; Walsh, Brian – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
Researchers collected and analyzed data from 85 undergraduate communication majors enrolled in a one-credit technology and coding course. Instructors offered various out-of-class supports to determine which ones students used and valued. Student behaviors clustered: One group preferred interpersonal support; another, content support. Most support…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Communications, Faculty Workload, Majors (Students)
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Vickery, Jacqueline – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2014
This column examines a case study focusing on web design as an example of interest-driven learning and the acquisition of (digital media) literacies. A summer workshop was offered at a working-class public library, led by a self-taught seventeen year old girl. Nine students (ages 8-16) learned basic HTML and CSS and designed their own websites in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Web Sites, Design, Student Interests
Tong, Qi (Helen) – Computers in Libraries, 2009
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library, where the author serves as the digital services librarian, is increasingly challenged to make it easier for users to find information from many heterogeneous information sources. Information is scattered throughout different software applications (i.e., library catalog, federated search engine, link…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Engines, Information Sources, Internet
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Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use