Hey folks, Not sure if this is directly related, but here's what I got. In my carpentry check-out instructor discussion, I brought up the question of learning outside the classroom environment. To which, Sarah Stevens, brought up two ways this is being done at other places. 1. Study groups, which require a one-time start. You can look at UW-Madison's implementation here <https://combee-uw-madison.github.io/studyGroup/>, or Mozilla Science's resources here <https://science.mozilla.org/programs/studygroups/run>. Also, here's <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/05/26/265421> a paper regarding the study groups, if you're interested. 2. Hacky Hours, which are more collaborative, in nature. Some more information can be found here <https://hackyhour.github.io/>.
I've been in touch with the CS faculty at my institution to start one or both of these, and can see great value in it. Best wishes, Ahsan On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:14 PM Luiz Irber via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > On 11/26, Robin A Donatello wrote: > >Hi Andrea, > > > >The R-Users group at UC Davis have a “Meet and Analyze Data” group that > is as you described. A regular place and time where people come to sit, > work on stuff in a shared coding atmosphere. > > A small correction: the R-Users group runs one session, and "Meet and > Analyze > Data" is another one (that we run in the lab). So we have at least two > sessions at UC > Davis =] > > Luiz > > > > > At Chico State we call it “Community Coding”. It has had a slow growth, > but has worked great for two of the faculty that participate (both from > Statistics) to serve as an extra set of Office Hours. > > It worked best for us when we had regular seminar/workshops going on at > the same time/place. I.e. we host community coding from 2-4pm on Tue & Thu. > Last Spring we held seminars and workshops nearly weekly during 1 of those > 4 hours. > > > > Where we’d like to improve > > > > · Get faculty from CS (and in general all over campus) to > advertise and participate more. > > > > · Offer light refreshments (snacks) – but our location is all > the way across campus from offices where the goodies would be held, making > transportation a pain. > > > > · Creating a “class” out of it (1 unit credit/no credit) just > like we have for our Math Tutoring lab. I.e. you show up for like 10 times > during the semester and you get credit. This helps with habit forming. > > > > · Solidifying the space. We have a pretty good room in the > Library (centrally located, open work tables, large monitors at each table > that people can connect into and share their screen) , but we have to ask > each semester to reserve it, it’s not guaranteed, and it’s not > confirmed/open to us until the 2nd week of the semester. > > > > I think a potential barrier to students is the impression/idea that > they’re just going to work among other students, and if they get stuck > there’s no one to help them. I think a big bonus/pull (at least for us) is > to say that yes, there will be someone there who can help. Perhaps not > directly on the coding problem you have, but more in general. e.g., I don’t > know C++ but I can help you think through a problem, or help you google an > answer. So I would say yes, having an “expert” present for at least part of > the event time I think Is pretty critical. Peers learn best from other > peers, but until you build habits and word of mouth that this is a good > resource, you need to have “expert” backup. > > > > Good luck! > > -Robin > > > > Robin Donatello, DrPH > > Assistant Professor > > Holt 202 > > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > > California State University, Chico > > www.norcalbiostat.com<http://www.norcalbiostat.com/> > > CSUC Data Science Initiative > > http://datascience.csuchico.edu<http://datascience.csuchico.edu/> > > > > From: Denton, Andrea Horne (ash6b) <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 11:37 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [discuss] Hosting a code-in? > > > > Hi all, > > > > Wondering if anyone has experience, especially in an academic > environment, in hosting an event where people gather to work on their own > code. We would provide the setting (quiet space and access to coffee and > snacks) and timeslots for people to “get away” to get work done. > > > > This would not be a shared coding project, but rather people working on > their own, with perhaps some networking breaks where people could share > their projects, goals, challenges, and accomplishments. We’re also > wondering if coding support could or should be a feature of this event > (e.g. from our data specialists). > > > > Anyone done this, and if so, what worked and what didn’t? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrea > > > > Andrea H. 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