I'm writing this article because I recently caught myself writing a somewhat nasty message to a student at the end of a long academic year. I had sent the message, did some reading, and later...
Tag: The Ohio State University
With yet another school year in the books, I wanted to take a moment to talk about one of the worst parts of being an educator: grading. More specifically, I want to talk about how grading gets in...
In my years of coding, you'd think I'd have learned the lesson that software systems are hard. Well, I learned that lesson once again in an attempt to move a bunch of Java projects from Eclipse to VS...
Students Should Be Able to Build a Portfolio From Their Coursework
Computer science is a more creative field than academia gives it credit. In honor of that creativity, we really ought to be giving students more chances to create original work and build portfolios...
Why I’m No Longer Giving Paper Exams in My Computer Science Courses
I'm embracing the virtual world and moving all of my computer science exams online. Here's why!
Software design often involves coming to terms with abstraction. Today, we'll take about the two-layer approach, which can help you avoid worrying about implementation details.