From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2003-04-23T09:31:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby in a university course ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan K�mper" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby To: "ruby-talk ML" Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: Ruby in a university course > While not a university course, I'll offer an introductory course to Ruby > at the local Volkshochschule (VHS, no this one's not the video recorder > thingy) (in Ahrensburg, nearby Hamburg, Germany - in case you're > interested) . That's great. I'd love to see this place, but it's unlikely I'll ever make it to Germany. > VHS, a bit hard to translate... it's kind of a non-profit organisation > offering courses on a very broad range of topics: Languages, Sport, Art, > Health care, Computers and what-not for a reasonable price - a lot less > expensive than "professional" companies offering the same, but at an at > least comparable quality. It sounds similar to what we in the USA call a "community college." I taught at one for four years -- 1000 students, rural area. But we used Pascal, not Ruby, in 1985. :) I think it would be good if people who teach Ruby made their materials available, perhaps on the wiki. Hal