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Creation Spaces: Teaching Students to Create and Explore with Code
Conference Track
8. Emerging Technologies & Trends
Keywords
coding, digital literacy
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will be able to explore resources for learning to code, and critically examine the value of coding activities in academic library environments.
Abstract
Calls of “learn to code” are everywhere lately. But what do people mean by learning to code and how can academic libraries engage with this trend? This talk will assess and explore resources and ideas for ways in which academic libraries can incorporate coding into digital and information literacy programming.