OE Global 2018

How to teach introductory programming? It is a question that keeps many programming teachers occupied. There are a few interesting issues. Firstly, students come in with very diverse experience, from being able to compile their own kernel to not knowing how to use a computer. Since there are no programming courses in many high school programs around the world, these two extremes gather in introductory programming courses. Secondly, we would like to avoid too much context os programming. Some students might be excited by the prospect of programming itself, but many want to use programming in their own field.

So how do we teach programming in a way to is inclusive to previous experience and varying interests? Felienne designed a flipped Python course in which students are taught basic building blocks rather than contexts and work together in mixed experience groups to work on topics they care about.

See also: http://www.felienne.com/archives/5780