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I don't really see why this would be better than the traditional format with lectures that go through the theory with some examples, and then homework tasks you

• laserpistus 6y ago
  The traditional format will endure, but don´t you think there is ways to improve it? I would think the format is a compromise around the constraints of a teacher to student ratio and the availability of different media where whiteboard was an excellent way to share before digital media. People who learn well from watching others and are highly motivated to get their hands dirty perform well with this format. But isn´t it better to get help if you are stuck - either automated as our format have the context you are working in or by easily sharing your actual code with the context it is written? We propose that bringing the process of writing code closer to the teaching materials will make more students likely to write more code. We also think making it easier to share your code within a context, without setting up a matching environment online or that the group teacher has to copy it locally, will make it easier to get quality feedback. And we will introduce this feedback loop as a part of the courses where students give feedback on each others code. We think that will give more people access to learning to code, and we can bring it even closer to the realities of being a developer.