Our latest case study is titled ‘Feeling the code’: Emotions in programming and interventions supporting positivity, and focuses on teaching introductory coding to Masters students in different contexts, including bioinformatics and computer science, with students learning on-campus or via distance learning. The case study highlights the importance of emotions in this learning setting, and assesses students’ attitudes towards learning coding.
The team came together to understand the often-neglected emotional dimension of the experience of learning to code and what we can do as educators to humanise the learning experience and make it more positive for everyone.
For more details and to download the case study go here.
Meet the team:
Lindsey Compton, Associate Professor in Genetics in the School of Biosciences
Archana Sharma-Oates, Assistant Professor in the School of Biosciences
Phil Smith, Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science
Liam Cremona, School of Biosciences (Birmingham) and School of Life Sciences (Warwick)
Niall Dunne, School of Biosciences
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