Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2014

C Programming material

Another new Open Education Resource (OER) has been made available by the School of Science and Technology, University of Northampton. C Programming Click here for the resource:  http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19192 Author:  Dr Scott Turner Created:  11 August 2014,  by  School of Science and Technology, University of Northampton In this material you will be introduced to some of the principles of programming, and specifically learn to write fairly simple programs using a programming language called C. An idea central to this material is that programming is about problem solving; you write a program to solve a particular problem. It is hoped that at the end of the material you should see that there is nothing magical or mysterious about programming. One of the features some people like about programming is you are making the computer do what you want. During the programming exercises, do not worry about making mistakes. In this material you will be expected to try out pr

The Science of Problem Solving

The Science of Problem Solving : Summary: A review of the state of our knowledge regarding problem solving. How does it work? What is insight? How can we boost our creativity and improve problem solving performance? -  See more at:  http://rs.io/2014/02/21/problem-solving.html 'via Blog this'

Problem Solving Open educational Resource

  Another new Open Education Resource (OER) has been made available by the School of Science and Technology, University of Northampton. Problem-Solving Author: Dr Scott Turner http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19001 Details These mini lectures are intended for undergraduate computing students, for providing simple steps in problem solving before the students learn a programming language. Problem-Solving and Programming is a common first year undergraduate module on the BSc Computing Programme at the University of Northampton. This material was taken from the problem solving part of the module and provides an introduction to five topics in problem-solving. The resource can be found at:  http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19001 After one week on JORUM  93 downloads  and  12 views  of the OER.