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Recommended Citation: Ali, A and S Mensch.  Issues and Challenges for Selecting a Programming Language in a Technology Update Course.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2008, v 25 (Phoenix): §2513. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(85). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Issues and Challenges for Selecting a Programming Language in a Technology Update Course

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Refereed9 pages
Azad Ali    [a1] [a2]
Technology Support and Training Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania    [u1] [u2]
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Scott Mensch    [a1] [a2]
Technology Support and Training Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania    [u1] [u2]
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

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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