I love code-along!

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 5:19 AM Jeremy Metz via discuss <
[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 for code-along - short but descriptive, and also informal and fun
> sounding!
>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 13:04, Adriana De Palma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Code-along. As in sing-along. As in fun J
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Lex Nederbragt [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* 15 October 2018 12:49
>> *To:* Discuss list Carpentries <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [discuss] What's in a name: Live-Coding, or?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have for a while been thinking about the term ‘live-coding’ as we use
>> it as our teaching approach in workshops. What we mean is a form of
>> teaching described in the instructor training material
>> <https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/15-live/index.html> as
>> “work[ing] through the lesson material, typing in the code or instructions,
>> with the workshop participants following along”. But there are other
>> meanings of the term, for example, some people will ‘live code’ a software
>> demo during a conference, without the participants doing any coding
>> themselves. Apparently it even can be done as a performing arts form
>> (creating sounds, images, etc)- see the wikipedia entry on ‘Live coding'.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking for a term that better describes what we do. Examples I have
>> considered:
>>
>>
>>
>> -* live follow-along coding*; however, follow-along does not imply
>> learners being active, they could just as well sit back, relax and follow
>> along closely (note that the description from the instructor training
>> material uses this wording also)
>>
>> - *live interactive coding*; however, there is not much interaction
>> unless for any truly *interactive* exercises
>>
>> - *live together-coding* or *live collaborative coding*; however, we are
>> not really coding together or collaboratively, learners merely mirror the
>> instructor (except for when they do exercises); still, these are currently
>> my favourites
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>>             Lex
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