tladeras’s avatartladeras’s Twitter Archive—№ 5,748

  1. …in reply to @kierisi
    @kierisi There is this unnecessary adherence to this "tradition", because having empathy for your students and their particular needs is viewed as a waste of time by a lot of CS instructors. That, and instructor insecurity, are a few of the major obstacles to changing this.
    1. …in reply to @tladeras
      @kierisi I just think that maybe intro courses should embrace independent learning as part of the curriculum, and maybe not cover as much material. Independent learning assignments like this: laderast.github.io/gratitude_talk
      1. …in reply to @tladeras
        @kierisi (Sorry, I'm very opinionated on this.)