Building a Mental Model

Iterating through NODE-001

Goals

Broadly:

• Deliver a consistently positive learning experience to students
• Drive high graduation and placement rates

Specifically:

• Build a clear and comprehensive mental model of server-side programming throughout the NODE-001 curriculum

Methods

• Provide students with visual representations of complex concepts
• Explicit repetition of concepts across assignments, lessons, and units
• Experiment with video content

Open Questions on Video

• How do we maintain video content?
• What's the right standard of production value?
• What role should video content play?
  • Lesson-level overviews?
  • Solution for the code walkthroughs?

Next Steps 

• Continue iterating through Unit 1 
• Research on video content
• Assessments