Introduction to Computing

by David A. Joyner

Introduction to Computing by David A. Joyner is the companion textbook to CS1301 online, taught for-credit at Georgia Tech and offered as a public MOOC at edx.org.

300 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

David Joyner is Executive Director of Online Education & OMSCS in Georgia Tech's College of Computing. His research focuses on online education and learning at scale, especially as they intersect with for-credit offerings at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His emphasis is on designing learning experiences that leverage the opportunities of online learning to compensate for the loss of synchronous collocated class time. This includes leveraging artificial intelligence for student support and assignment evaluation, facilitating student communities in large online classes, and investigating strategies for maintainable and interactive presentation of online instructional material. As part of his work, Joyner teaches online versions of CS6460: Educational Technology, CS6750: Human-Computer Interaction, CS7637: Knowledge-Based AI, and CS1301: Introduction to Computing. Joyner has received several awards for his work in teaching online, including the 2019 USG Regents' Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, 2018 Georgia Tech Center for Teaching & Learning Curriculum Innovation Award, and the 2016 Georgia Tech College of Computing Lockheed Excellence in Teaching Award.

Reviews

[Pradeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book on Python i have ever read for introduction for any programming

[Mark Lacanilao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for learning Python. Highly recommended for CS majors that hate watching lectures or need a refresher. I will continue to reference this book (and the gloriously-written Python docs) throughout grad school.