Volume 7
Volume 7, Number 85 |
July 27, 2009 |
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Azad Ali
Scott Mensch
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify the issues and challenges that face the decision to select a programming language to teach in a technology update courses. This paper also makes suggestions to address these existing issues in an effort to increase student success. The findings of this paper has been implemented in a technology update course that is part of a master degree program in education within the Technology Support and Training (TST) department at Eberly College of Business and Information Technology (ECOBIT) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).
Keywords: Introduction to Programming, Programming for teachers and educators, Programming for high schools, difficulty learning programming
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Recommended Citation: Ali and Mensch (2009). Issues and Challenges for Selecting a Programming Language in a Technology Update Course. Information Systems Education Journal, 7 (85). http://isedj.org/7/85/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2008: §2513. ISSN: 1542-7382.)