“If a project doesn’t make a good first impression, newcomers may wait a long time before giving it a second chance.” – Karl Fogel #DevEdBookClub

A1) For me, the biggest factor is the people who are part of that community. How do they engage with each other? Whose voices are lifted up? Are they similar enough to me that I'll feel accepted, but different enough that I'll be challenged & learn new things? #DevEdBookClub

A3) "If the auto-grading system doesn’t provide insightful, actionable feedback, this experience will only frustrate the learner." #DevEdBookClub

A1) In Odyssey we use multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks. It would be cool to incorporate Parsons Problems too! #DevEdBookClub

“Assembling a platform for learning is necessary but not sufficient: if you want your learners to thrive, you need to create a community.” 🧡 #DevEdBookClub

A1) I’ve taken a few MOOCs, and I enjoyed that it’s self-paced. It’s easier to spend more time on the confusing concepts. One downside though is that it’s harder to get unstuck if you don’t understand the material as presented, since there’s no teacher to check up on you.

A3) I liked the tip about plotting concepts on a “time to master” vs. “usefulness once mastered” grid. There are so many things we _could_ teach, so it’s helpful to have a system for prioritizing what will have the highest impact. #DevEdBookClub

A3) Thinking of classroom teaching techniques as “an attempt to approach the effectiveness of individual tutoring at scale.” It’s hard to create one lesson plan that meets the needs of dozens (if not hundreds) of unique learners. We’ll never be perfect, but we do our best.

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A2) I tend to spend a lot of time lesson planning, to map out timings for the agenda and think through how I'm going to explain things. I like laying everything out ahead of time, so that in the moment I can rely on my notes to keep me on track. #DevEdBookClub

I love that! This whole chapter made me think about the parallels between live coding and pair programming. As the instructor, you're like the senior engineer modeling for the new teammates how to solve a problem.

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