Chasing social media shares harms public trust in science – so stop it
College lecturer in psychology at the University of Oxford Wednesday 28 June 2017 07.30 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 28 June 2017 11.19 BST Last month US TV [Read More…]
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Computer science to be fast-tracked onto Leaving Cert
Computer science is to be fast-tracked as a new Leaving Cert subject from September next year. It is one of a number of measures contained [Read More…]
Women Thriving in Computer Science at California College
LOS ANGELES — In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient [Read More…]
The Science Behind UX Design
Most people can’t truly multitask. For that reason, good user experience (UX) design is one that gives just enough information to proceed to the next stage. [Read More…]
Most computer science majors in the U.S. are men. Not so at Harvey Mudd
ronica Rivera signed up for the introduction to computer science class at Harvey Mudd College mostly because she had no choice: It was mandatory. Programming was intimidating and not for her, [Read More…]
A Complete Computer Science Education—Minus the Student Loans
Smart decision: getting a full computer science education so you can break into the tech biz. Not-so-smart decision: racking up student loan debt to do [Read More…]
A Complete Computer Science Education—Minus the Student Loans
Smart decision: getting a full computer science education so you can break into the tech biz. Not-so-smart decision: racking up student loan debt to do [Read More…]
What happened to Obama’s $4 billion in computer science funding?
Back in January, President Obama asked Congress to set aside $4 billion for computer science education, in what would have been the federal government’s largest [Read More…]
White House Highlights Georgia Tech-Created Computer Science Teaching Tool
The White House has highlighted a Georgia Tech initiative among its Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) national initiatives. EarSketch, a project that teaches coding to [Read More…]
Call for Computer Science to become Leaving Cert subject
Computer Science should be introduced as a Leaving Certificate subject and steps should be taken to ensure all teachers of science and related subjects are suitably [Read More…]