Year: 2024
freelens
This project provides a reference implementation of NaviLens and ddTag for educational or personal use.
Enhancing Programming Ability with Playful Learning and Karel
Alison Wong and I presented at the Education track of PyCon AU 2024 about our use of Karel to increase in confidence, interest and ultimately ability in programming.
Video here.
Wayne Lonergan Award for Outstanding Leadership in Teaching
Alison Wong and I were awarded the University of Sydney Business School (USBS) Wayne Lonergan Award, which is the most competitive teaching award in the school and is accompanied with a $10,000 AUD prize. We were awarded for leading significant initiatives in modernising programming education, which has impacted over 10,000 enrolments in courses we have coordinated and over 7,000 enrolments in other courses.
Update: Visualisations and Generalisations for Two Candles, One Cake
I've updated a previous post on the Two Candles, One Cake problem by providing new visualisations and generalisation ability.
Update: Too Many Guns
I've updated the Too Many Guns site to use MapLibre and partial property updates. The later change removes the need for client side callbacks.
Playful Extra-Curricular Learning In Programming Education
Alison Wong and I presented at the University of Sydney Business School Learning and Teaching Forum about our project using Karel to help students visualise code execution and encourage students to practise programming.
Playful Extra-Curricular Learning In Programming Education
I spoke at a Business Analytics 'Brown Bag' with Alison Wong about our project using Karel to o help students visualise code execution and encourage students to practise and develop their programming skills.