What do we know about how novices learn webcraft and programming, and how can we apply that knowledge to teaching free-range learners?
Right now, people all over the world are learning how to write programs and create web sites, but for every one who is doing it in a classroom there are a dozen free-range learners. This group will explore how we, as mentors, can best help them. Topics will include:
What does research tell us about how people learn? Why are the demographics of programming so unbalanced? What best practices in instructional design are relevant to free-range learners? What skills do people need in order to bake their own web? How are grassroots groups trying to teach these things now? What's working and what isn't?
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posted message: Via Leigh Ann Sudol, a paper on motivation and learning: "The Four Phase Model of Interest Development" http://www.unco.edu/cebs/psychology/kevinpugh/motivation_project/resources/hidi_renninger06.pdf Thanks! Greg
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posted message: Hi everyone, It looks like 10-11 am Eastern time on Wednesday, February 22, is the best time for our next online chat --- let's meet in IRC as before. Look forward to seeing you all there, Greg
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posted message: Would Stack Underflow work? http://software-carpentry.org/2012/02/stack-underflow/
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posted message: Let's meet online next week to discuss our third task --- I've created a Doodle poll at http://www.doodle.com/cfytitdedgwc4vpe, so please let us know when you're available. Thanks, Greg14 Feb 2012 via p2pu.org
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