Getting Started:
Start out with the main learning modules of our Interactive Learning Resource in Course Outline.
- Try your best to complete each activity and assessment. These will help guide your learning, and you are also able to receive feedback from the formative assessment in the end of each subtopic.
To learn more about the design of our Interactive Learning Resource see the drop-down in the menu under course overview. Or follow the links below:
- An overview of the resource (this page)
- A description and rationale for the learning theory.
- A description and rationale for the learning design.
- A description of our learning context.
- Learning outcomes.
- Brief commentary about each topic and activity (see subtopics).
- Assessment plan.
- Overview of plans to design for inclusion of diverse learners.
- A rationale for your technology choices.
- Links to each peer review of your resource and a rationale for why you did or did not incorporate your peer’s recommendations into your final resource (click here).
- References
More Info:
Course Rationale:
- Why am I taking the course?
- Through this course, students will gain a solid foundation of the concepts that run all modern computers. With how widespread the use of computers is, this course will give the student an inside look into the fascinating details behind how computers work in the everyday world.
- Whats in it for me?
- It has also been shown scientifically that learning to program significantly improves problem-solving skills (Erol & Çırak, 2022).
- How it will help me down the road?
- Students can expect to come out of this course with the ability to identify key parts of a program, knowledge of how programs work, and basic skills in reading programs and interpreting their meaning.
Examples Of Our Topic:
Complete Python Bootcamp: Python is currently the #1 language among beginners due to its easy implementation and concise libraries and commands that make it possible to solve difficult tasks in a couple lines of code. This course, taught by Jose Marcial Portilla lists all the basic concepts about the language in a Bootcamp style.
Introduction to Coding with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: taught by International Open Academy, this course integrates learning about the basics of computers and the concepts of programming language perfectly. Not only does it cover the technical side of coding and programming, it gives the student an insight to the importance and need of learning them.
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