How Adults Ages 60+ Are Learning to Code
From: Communications of the ACM - 05/15/2017
By: Philip J. Guo

Universal Design: The promise of universal design is that designing for the
specific needs of a target population (such as older adults) can lead to
designs that benefit *everyone*. In this case, we may want to design
next-generation pedagogical programming environments that mitigate the
effects of both cognitive and motor impairments, which will hopefully make it
easier for older adults to learn to code without as many frustrations. If
properly designed, these environments may actually end up benefiting learners
of *all ages*.

Read the entire article at:
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/8/219608-how-adults-ages-60-are-learning-to-code/fulltext

Links:
Older Adults Learning Computer Programming: Motivations, Frustrations, and
  Design Opportunities
http://pgbovine.net/publications/older-adults-learning-programming_CHI-2017.pdf

Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for
  Everyone
http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00684ED1V01Y201511HCI033

Python Tutor
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Philip J. Guo
pg@ucsd.edu