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Programa especializado: Computational Thinking with JavaScript University of Glasgow

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This is the first course in a sequence of four courses that develops essential 21st century computational thinking (CT) skills using the popular JavaScript language as a vehicle.
At the end of this first course you will: know a framework for CT to help you learn about it and work with others; be developing your CT skills so that you can more easily work with digital technology of all kinds; be able to read and write programs in JavaScript that involve drawing and animation, using a specialised library; and post your creations on the web so that others can appreciate your skills.

This course is suitable for: complete beginners; those who have taken an introductory course in any programming language and want to learn more deeply about the thinking and learning skills they are starting to develop; those who wish to learn Javascript in a supportive environment.

The follow-on courses explore the manipulation and analysis of data, such an important aspect of our lives now, again in a highly supportive environment, and then we move the context to mainstream web--based platforms so that you can use these skills more widely.

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Programa especializado: Computational Thinking with JavaScript

Nivel principiante

No prior experience is expected - the course is aimed at those with no programming experience - even those who usually uncomfortable with technology.

Aprox. 33 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Qué aprenderás

A key problem solving framework to use new technologies in any problem domain.
Experience using the framework with Javascript and animated graphics.

Habilidades que obtendrás

Programming Principles
JavaScript
Computational Thinking

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Curso 1 de 4 en

Programa especializado: Computational Thinking with JavaScript

Nivel principiante

No prior experience is expected - the course is aimed at those with no programming experience - even those who usually uncomfortable with technology.

Aprox. 33 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Instructores

Quintin Cutts

Professor of Computer Science Education

School of Computing Science

491 alumnos

4 cursos

Jeremy Singer

School of Computing Science

491 alumnos

4 cursos

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow has been changing the world since 1451. It is a world top 100 university (THE, QS) with one of the largest research bases in the UK.

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK Universities with annual research income of more than £179m. The University’s #TeamUofG community is truly international with over 8000 staff and 28,0000 students from more than 140 countries. A 2019 Time Out survey placed Glasgow in the top ten cities in the world. Ranked between Berlin and Paris, Glasgow was voted number one for both friendliness and affordability. Right now our dedicated community of staff, students and alumni is working to address the challenges of Covid-19 and understand how we can make life safer for everyone.

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Semana

Semana 1

6 horas para completar

Introductions - and starting out with CT using graphics in JavaScript

6 horas para completar

8 videos (Total 106 minutos), 8 lecturas, 5 cuestionarios

8 videos

Welcome to the course5m

Where does CT fit into the larger technology landscape? (first attempt)9m

What is CT? A first look at learning CT...11m

Our first task and accomplishing it by hand (need to add last slide)8m

The program for our first task, and introducing how to 'read' it using the TSTM framework11m

Reading the program via the M (Machine) view24m

Read some programs19m

Describing repetitive activities in our programs14m

8 lecturas

Who am I? A little more detail about Quintin10m

Introduction to Module 15m

Introduction to the second lesson2m

Find out more about Turtle graphics and Seymour Papert5m

Introducing the third lesson5m

Turtle Library Reference10m

Introducing the third lesson and a bit of repetition5m

End of Module Summary, and lead in to Module 2 and beyond30m

5 ejercicios de práctica

Check on your understanding of CT30m

What can you remember from that task and program?8m

Read a program, answer questions30m

Repetition quiz30m

A couple of questions to finish the module30m

Semana

Semana 2

8 horas para completar

Solving problems / programming a task

8 horas para completar

2 videos (Total 35 minutos), 7 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios

Semana

Semana 3

7 horas para completar

More complex drawings, and how to handle their descriptions

7 horas para completar

3 videos (Total 69 minutos), 6 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

3 videos

Breaking a large program down into manageable chunks14m

Drawing the house more effectively using parameters20m

Introducing a program that uses updating variables33m

6 lecturas

Introducing the module, and how we handle complex process descriptions10m

A great start to learning about functions10m

Parameterising functions10m

Reflecting on parameters with functions10m

Why are variables called variables?10m

We've got a long way!15m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Can you read a program that uses functions10m

Semana

Semana 4

12 horas para completar

Animations - and consolidating what we've learned so far

Drawing still pictures is one thing - but the process-oriented element of programming lends itself to animation - an activity taking place over time. In this module, we'll make use of all we've learned so far to create animations. Functions will be used in a new and important way - as a so-called "callback" - which form the foundation of interactive programming as we'll see in Course 3 of the specialisation.

12 horas para completar

2 videos (Total 52 minutos), 5 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios

Acerca de Programa especializado: Computational Thinking with JavaScript

This Specialization is intended for those with minimal under-the-hood experience of working with computing who want to take the first steps towards a deep understanding of principles and practice of how to solve problems with software technology. Learners will use JavaScript within a web-based framework to generate graphics and analyse data, bringing these together in interactive web applications. Learners will acquire specific self-directed learning skills, enabling them to tackle new problem domains and technologies throughout their work and life.

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¿Hay ayuda económica disponible?
Sí. En ciertos programas de aprendizaje, puedes postularte para recibir ayuda económica o una beca en caso de no poder costear los gastos de la tarifa de inscripción. Si hay ayuda económica o becas disponibles para tu selección de programa de aprendizaje, verás un enlace para postularte en la página de descripción.
I've done a little programming already. Should I take this course?
If you are not confident with the skills you have, then this course, or rather this whole specialisation, will help cement foundational understanding and skills. Programming courses on the web often skim the surface, letting you see code and enabling you to put blocks of it together to achieve some outcome that the course designers set. But they don't necessarily help build your understanding of that code, and without it, you won't have the confidence to develop your own programs. In this course, we aim to give you the skills to properly understand the code constructs and larger fragments that we introduce, and that you will start to develop yourself. Simply getting a program working here is not the main aim - the goal is that you understand anything you create deeply, and that you are able to read and understand the creations of others, so that you can incorporate the releveant parts of their work, suitably adjusted, into your own. This is computational thinking - the ability to confidently address programming problems and come up with creative, well-crafted, solutions.

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Computational Thinking with Javascript 1: Draw & Animate

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