IT University of Copenhagen sitecore@itu.dk https://video.itu.dk en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss IT University of Copenhagen Stay up to date with all the things that are happening at IT University of Copenhagen. This podcast will serve you various videos and audios with accounts from scientists and actual students at IT University, and give you a glimpse into their... episodic no https://video.itu.dk/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://video.itu.dk http://video.itu.dk/photo/89436933/felienne-hermans-the-programmers <p>Felienne Hermans is&nbsp;full professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.<div><br></div><div>Felienne is the author of the 2021&nbsp;book&nbsp;<i>The Programmer's Brain</i>, a very readable and highly&nbsp;insightful introduction to the cognitive science behind how human brains learn programming. Why is programming hard to learn, and what can we do about that, both as learners and teachers?&nbsp;We&nbsp;recommended this&nbsp;for everyone, but it is&nbsp;particularly useful for those who just started to learn programming, as well as people who&nbsp;try to teach others.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Felienne’s most recent project is <i>Hedy</i>, a programming language aimed at beginners – including children – and that realises many of the insights from <i>The programmer’s brain</i>&nbsp;about why&nbsp;programming is&nbsp;hard to learn.&nbsp;<i>Hedy</i> is a “real” programming language in that it is&nbsp;unapologetically text-based, but the language design is <i>gradual,</i>&nbsp;progressing&nbsp;from an extremely lenient but incomplete language to a nontrivial subset of Python.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The language is under active development and constantly exposed to feedback from children who actually learn programming. We find this brilliant and&nbsp;are particularly impressed by the possibility of&nbsp;<i>Hedy</i>&nbsp;to teach <i>some</i>&nbsp;programming to <i>everyone</i>, rather than <i>all</i> programming to <i>some</i> people.</div></p><p><a href="http://video.itu.dk/photo/89436933/felienne-hermans-the-programmers"><img src="http://video.itu.dk/64968555/89436933/8143f5e7d99bd60f2f1d5b8d83a6b1e0/standard/download-14-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://video.itu.dk/photo/89436933 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:03:22 GMT Felienne Hermans: The Programmer’s Brain and Hedy Felienne Hermans isfull professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Felienne is the author of the 2021bookThe Programmer's Brain, a very readable and highlyinsightful introduction to the cognitive science behind how human brains learn programming. Why is programming hard to learn, and what can we do about that, both as learners and teachers?Werecommended thisfor everyone, but it isparticularly useful for those who just started to learn programming, as well as people whotry to teach others.Felienne’s most recent project is Hedy, a programming language aimed at beginners – including children – and that realises many of the insights from The programmer’s brainabout whyprogramming ishard to learn.Hedy is a “real” programming language in that it isunapologetically text-based, but the language design is gradual,progressingfrom an extremely lenient but incomplete language to a nontrivial subset of Python.The language is under active development and constantly exposed to feedback from children who actually learn programming. We find this brilliant andare particularly impressed by the possibility ofHedyto teach someprogramming to everyone, rather than all programming to some people. Felienne Hermans isfull professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Felienne is the author of the 2021bookThe Programmer's Brain, a very readable and highlyinsightful introduction to the cognitive science behind how... IT University of Copenhagen 01:07:18 <p>Felienne Hermans is&nbsp;full professor of Computer Science Education at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.<div><br></div><div>Felienne is the author of the 2021&nbsp;book&nbsp;<i>The Programmer's Brain</i>, a very readable and highly&nbsp;insightful introduction to the cognitive science behind how human brains learn programming. Why is programming hard to learn, and what can we do about that, both as learners and teachers?&nbsp;We&nbsp;recommended this&nbsp;for everyone, but it is&nbsp;particularly useful for those who just started to learn programming, as well as people who&nbsp;try to teach others.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Felienne’s most recent project is <i>Hedy</i>, a programming language aimed at beginners – including children – and that realises many of the insights from <i>The programmer’s brain</i>&nbsp;about why&nbsp;programming is&nbsp;hard to learn.&nbsp;<i>Hedy</i> is a “real” programming language in that it is&nbsp;unapologetically text-based, but the language design is <i>gradual,</i>&nbsp;progressing&nbsp;from an extremely lenient but incomplete language to a nontrivial subset of Python.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The language is under active development and constantly exposed to feedback from children who actually learn programming. We find this brilliant and&nbsp;are particularly impressed by the possibility of&nbsp;<i>Hedy</i>&nbsp;to teach <i>some</i>&nbsp;programming to <i>everyone</i>, rather than <i>all</i> programming to <i>some</i> people.</div></p><p><a href="http://video.itu.dk/photo/89436933/felienne-hermans-the-programmers"><img src="http://video.itu.dk/64968555/89436933/8143f5e7d99bd60f2f1d5b8d83a6b1e0/standard/download-14-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> cast it Computer Science Education featured The Programmer's Brain