Professors: New Coding Platform a Must for Higher-ed Classrooms

Computer science profs say coding a must for all students, just like reading and writing; help design new classroom platform.

Jul 9, 2015 4:15 PM ET

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A new coding platform has a mission to elevate the state of coding education in higher-ed classrooms around the world; and one way it’s doing this is through professor buy-in.

Bloomberg’s CodeCon platform, which features new weekly challenges this summer, is a browser-based, e-learning platform that enables cloud-hosted programming contests and seeks to reshape the way people improve their coding skills.

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Professors: New Coding Platform a Must for Higher-ed Classrooms

Computer science profs say coding a must for all students, just like reading and writing; help design new classroom platform.

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