Academic Computing

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Syntax highlighting is such a ubiquitous feature in program editors that we often give it very little thought. It’s even like an indicator of program code: you can tell something is code if it is in a fixed-width font and some of the words are consistently coloured. It’s clearly a popular feature but is it actually helpful? The latest paper on this (paywalled, alas) is by Hannebauer et al, which I found via Greg Wilson.

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Paul Gordon Brown

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Educational and curricular efforts exist in context. Furthermore, residence life and education departments do not exist on an island. When developing a campus or residential curriculum, it is important to identify partners and stakeholders early on and include them in the curriculum design process. This inclusion can include stages from planning to implementation, and throughout assessment and review processes.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Without a focused strategy it can be money poorly spent. An approach relying purely on outbidding competitors through pay per click is no longer going to work.

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