Thanks for the 'code-along' suggestion. I like it, it sounds great! However, I
am not sure how to use it in practice to describe our teaching method as it
seems to be meant as adjective, not a noun. For example, we currently write:
"One of the cornerstones of Software and Data Carpentry teaching is live coding"
We can’t hardly change that to ‘is code-along’. We could use ‘is a code-along
style of interactive programming’, but that becomes too long again… ‘is
code-along sessions’ doesn’t work too well either. Oh, and ‘is code-along live
coding’ sounds weird.
So I like it as an adjective describing the style of teaching, but feel I’m
still looking for a better noun, or better adjective between ‘live’ and
‘coding’.
Lex
> On 15 Oct 2018, at 17:24, Hoyt, Peter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> Peter Hoyt
>
> On 10/15/2018 10:12 AM, Erin Becker wrote:
>> I love code-along!
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 5:19 AM Jeremy Metz via discuss
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[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]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Code-along. As in sing-along. As in fun ☺
>>
>> <>
>> From: Lex Nederbragt [mailto:[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>]
>> Sent: 15 October 2018 12:49
>> To: Discuss list Carpentries <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Associate Director, The Carpentries
>> Pronouns: she/her/hers
>
> The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest> / discuss / see
> discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + participants
> <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + delivery options
> <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription>Permalink
> <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T69368b0ceffc20b9-M59f96fb122ef3015b7b8909c>
------------------------------------------
The Carpentries: discuss
Permalink:
https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T69368b0ceffc20b9-M62576145ce7ef5c4ba5a54c2
Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
