Learning on the job: Characterizing the programming knowledge and learning strategies of web designers

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 703-712

  Dorn, Brian ^a   Guzdial, Mark ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

informal learning; web development

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; CARD-SORTING; END USER PROGRAMMING; INFORMAL LEARNING; LEARNING PROCESS; LEARNING STRATEGY; NEW CONCEPT; PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS; PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE; TRIAL AND ERROR; WEB DESIGNERS; WEB DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 77954003387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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