Appendix D: List of some other eklavyasai blog posts including on “How to Teach Programming?”

Improving the Practice of Software Development in Indian CS & IT Academia

1. Suggestions to Improve CS & IT Education in India sent to Think India - A Public Policy Advocacy Think-Tank, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/suggestions-to-improve-cs-it-education.html (short link: http://bit.ly/suggesti ), Dec. 2013.

2. NBA India: World Summit on Accreditation - Themes include Bridging Academia & Industry and Outcome Assessment Tools, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/03/nba-india-world-summit-on-accreditation.html (short link: http://bit.ly/nba-india ), Mar. 2014.

3. Eminent Indian computer scientist-cum-administrator Dr. S. Ramani writes: this Indian CS & IT academic reform activism blog is interesting, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/07/eminent-indian-computer-scientist-cum.html (short link: http://bit.ly/eminent-i ), July 2014.

4. Dangers of pro-MATLAB-research and anti-software-development Computer Science higher education policy, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2015/02/dangers-of-pro-matlab-research-and-anti.html (short link: http://bit.ly/dangers-of-p ), Feb. 2015

How to Teach Programming?

5. Programming: Practical Solution Mindset vs. Scientific Mindset, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/programming-engineering-mindset-vs.html (short link: http://bit.ly/prog-engg ), January 2013.

6. Does a Teacher of Programming Need to Know Turing Machine?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-teacher-of-programming-need-to.html (short link: http://bit.ly/does-teach ), October 2011.

7. Comments on Stroustrup's paper, "Software Development for Infrastructure" in IEEE Computer, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/03/comments-on-stroustrups-paper-software.html (short link: http://bit.ly/comments-on ), Jan. 2012; post last updated in April 2012.

8. Texas A&M University's Approach to Teaching Programming in (US) CS Academia, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/01/texas-universitys-approach-to-teaching.html (short link: http://bit.ly/texas-univ ), January 2012.

9. CS & IT Academia: How to Teach Programming?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/09/cs-it-chittar-comment-response.html (short link: http://bit.ly/how-to-t ), September 2011.

10. CS & IT Academia: Some Comments on Teaching Programming, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/cs-it-academia-some-comments-on.html (short link: http://bit.ly/some-comm ), October 2011.

11. US CS & IT Academia: Usually TAs/RAs Teach Programming, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/11/us-cs-it-academia-usually-tasras-teach.html (short link: http://bit.ly/usually-ta ), November 2011.

12. CS & IT Academia: Should 'Customize' Instead of 'Build' be Taught?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/11/cs-it-academia-should-customize-instead.html (short link: http://bit.ly/should-c ), December 2011.

13. My C++ online test invigilator & evaluator experience of student blaming me incorrectly for his poor performance at vital entrance exam, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-c-online-test-invigilator-evaluator.html (short link: http://bit.ly/my-c-o ), April 2017.

CS & IT Research

14. Prof. David Parnas' views on Corruption of (Academic) Computer Science Researchers/Scientists by Publication Counts, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/04/prof-david-parnas-views-on-corruption.html (short link: http://bit.ly/prof-david-p ), Apr. 2013.

15. Oct. 2013 Economist article on Problems with scientific research - How science goes wrong, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/01/oct-2013-economist-article-on-problems.html (short link: http://bit.ly/oct-2013-e ), Jan. 2014.

16. Pursuing CS/IT Research Individually - Ph.D. Possibility?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/09/pursuing-research-individually-phd.html (short link: http://bit.ly/pursuing-r ), Sept. 2011.

17. CS & IT: Pure vs. Applied Research, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/09/cs-it-long-comment-8-1.html (short link: http://bit.ly/pure-vs-appl ), Sept. 2011.

18. Google's Hybrid Research + Development Model, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/07/googles-hybrid-research-development.html (short link: http://bit.ly/googles-h ), July 2012.

19. [Veteran Computer Science researcher's] Ground Rules for Sending Scientific Papers for Publication, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/12/ground-rules-for-sending-scientific.html (short link: http://bit.ly/ground-r ), Dec. 2012.

20. Grad-Student. What does it really mean?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/09/grad-student-what-does-it-really-mean.html (short link: http://bit.ly/grad-st ), Sept. 2012.

21. Open Access Journal Scams, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/09/open-access-journal-scams.html (short link: http://bit.ly/open-acce ), Sept. 2012.

Science Research

22. Nature April 2014 article - Policy: Free Indian science by Dr. Mathai Joseph et al., http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/04/nature-april-2014-article-policy-free.html (short link: http://bit.ly/nature-a ), April 2014.

23. Jayant Narlikar, famous Indian astrophysicist, on Dr. Joseph's Nature article about Indian science policy problems, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/05/jayant-narlikar-famous-indian.html (short link: http://bit.ly/jayant-n ), May 2014.

24. A Hard Look at the Indian Scientific Establishment, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-hard-look-at-indian-scientific.html (short link: http://bit.ly/a-hard-look ), Dec. 2013.

25. Whistle-blowing on the Internet - Solution for problem of Science Fraud?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/04/whistle-blowing-on-internet-solution.html (short link: http://bit.ly/whistle-b ), April 2014.

Indian Engineering Colleges: General Info. and Graduate Employability

26. Andhra Pradesh (India) Engineering Colleges - Half Empty!, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/12/andhra-pradesh-india-engineering.html (short link: http://bit.ly/andhra-pr ), Dec. 2012.

27. An "educated guess" analysis of Large no. of Seats in Andhra Pradesh (India) Engg. Colleges Going Empty, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/12/an-educated-guess-analysis-of-large-no.html (short link: http://bit.ly/an-educated ), Dec. 2012.

Academic PhD Club & Bureaucratic POWER structure

28. Mainstream Indian newspaper article on Delhi University's Academic Council - "Everyone is terrified ...", http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/07/mainstream-indian-newspaper-article-on.html (short link: http://bit.ly/mainstrea ), July-Sept. 2014.

29. Delhi University Four Year Degree Program Mess! Do Indian university administration mechanisms promote dictatorial tendencies?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/06/delhi-university-four-year-degree.html (short link: http://bit.ly/delhi-uni ), June 2014.

30. Dictatorial Powers of VC in Indian Central Universities, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/12/dictatorial-powers-of-vc-in-indian.html (short link: http://bit.ly/dictato ), Dec. 2012.

31. UGC scraps Research-linked appraisal for appointments!, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/04/ugc-scraps-research-linked-appraisal.html (short link: http://bit.ly/ugc-scr ), April 2013.

32. Supreme Court rules that AICTE can only advise but not impose sanctions on universities/colleges, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/05/supreme-court-rules-that-aicte-can-only.html (short link: http://bit.ly/supreme-co ), May 2013.

33. Indian Computer Science Academic job can be a DANGEROUS CAREER-WRECK for 'only' graduate Comp.Sc. engineers, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2017/08/indian-computer-science-academic-job.html (short link: http://bit.ly/indian-c ), Aug. 2017.

Academic Reform, Higher Education Bubble, Student Loan Problem & Private Universities

34. Transparency is the way to differentiate between good and bad deemed universities, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/03/transparency-is-way-to-differentiate.html (short link: http://bit.ly/transp-is ), Mar. 2014.

35. For-profit Corinthian Colleges goes for orderly dissolution of company; One of the largest USA higher education closures; Lessons for India, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/07/for-profit-corinthian-colleges-goes-for.html (short link: http://bit.ly/for-profit-c ), July 2014.

36. Prof. Yashpal Committee: Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education Report (2009) - Extracts related to private higher ed. providers and capitation fee, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/07/prof-yashpal-committee-renovation-and.html (short link: http://bit.ly/prof-yash ), July 2014.

37. Private study (informal data): (Illegal) Donation/Capitation fees in India from KG to PG of Rs. 48,400 crores (US $ 8 Billion) per year, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/07/private-study-informal-data-illegal.html (short link: http://bit.ly/private-st ), July 2014.

38. Is Brazil blazing a new path for low-cost and high-capacity higher education that countries like India can follow?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/06/is-brazil-blazing-new-path-for-low-cost.html (short link: http://bit.ly/is-brazil ), posted in June 2014, last updated in July 2014.

39. Tough talking articles about USA Higher Education's 1200+ percent tuition fees increase over past 30 years and Student Debt Trap, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/06/tough-talking-articles-about-usa-higher.html (short link: http://bit.ly/tough-talk ), June 2014.

40. Two Hindu articles on Radically reforming higher education, Student loan procedures and concerns; Aspiring Minds employment linkage to edX MOOC courses, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/06/two-hindu-articles-on-radically.html (short link: http://bit.ly/two-hindu ), June 2014.

41. Recent articles in The Hindu arguing for and against privatisation of (professional) higher education (in India), http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/05/recent-articles-in-hindu-arguing-for.html (short link: http://bit.ly/recent-a ), May 2014.

42. Flip-Flop Trauma for 44 Deemed Universities and Lakhs of students, parents, faculty and others associated with them, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/03/flip-flop-trauma-for-44-deemed.html (short link: http://bit.ly/flip-flop-t ), Mar. 2014.

43. Private Deemed Universities - A model for excellence in Indian technical education? But what about its high costs to students, and so, social impact?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/05/private-deemed-universities-model-for.html (short link: http://bit.ly/private-d ), May 2014.

44. USA Higher Education Bubble? What about Indian Higher Education Bubble?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/usa-higher-education-bubble-what-about.html (short link: http://bit.ly/usa-high ), posted in Dec. 2013, last updated in Jan. 2014.

45. 2013 Milken Institute Panel Discussion - The Future of Higher Education in America, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-milken-institute-panel-discussion.html (short link: http://bit.ly/2013-milk ), posted in Dec. 2013, last updated in Jan. 2014.

46. Decline in USA Higher Education - PBS Documentary dated 2005; What about Indian Higher Education?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/decline-in-usa-higher-education-pbs.html (short link: http://bit.ly/decline-in ), Dec. 2013.

47. Think India Education Debate on Indian National English TV Channel, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/01/think-india-education-debate-on-indian.html (short link: http://bit.ly/think-india ), Jan. 2014.

48. For-profit college in California, USA, faces lawsuit from Attorney General for Systematic Deception of Students, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/01/for-profit-college-in-california-usa.html (short link: http://bit.ly/for-prof ), Jan. 2014.

49. Some Serious Dangers of For-Profit Education Schools (Colleges) For Poor and Naive Students, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/01/some-serious-dangers-of-for-profit.html (short link: http://bit.ly/some-seri ), Jan. 2014.

50. Tough Times for US Academia; Lessons for India?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/09/tough-times-for-us-academia-lessons-for.html (short link: http://bit.ly/tough-tim ), Sept. 2012.

51. Nature News, April 2011, Articles on PhD System Challenges, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/05/nature-news-april-2011-articles-on-phd.html (short link: http://bit.ly/nature-n ), May 2013.

52. USA: The Student Loan Debt Disaster! Update: Income Based Repayment Plan Seems to be a Superb Solution, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-student-loan-debt-disaster.html (short link: http://bit.ly/the-stu ), posted in Dec. 2013, last updated in Feb. 2014.

53. VIT's flexible credit system seems to give students a lot of choice in courses, teachers & timings, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/11/vits-flexible-credit-system-seems-to.html (short link: http://bit.ly/vits-flex ), Nov. 2014.

54. HRD ministry meetings related to Skill Development in Indian Higher Education including India-US dialogue on it, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/11/hrd-ministry-meetings-related-to-skill.html (short link: http://bit.ly/hrd-min ), Nov. 2014.

55. Indian HRD ministry constitutes council for qualitative reforms in higher education, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/12/indian-hrd-ministry-constitutes-council.html (short link: http://bit.ly/indian-h ), Dec. 2014.

56. TSR Subramanian panel recommends drastically pruning UGC (India's higher education regulator); And perhaps create a new highered regulator?, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2016/06/tsr-subramanian-panel-recommends.html (short link: http://bit.ly/tsr-subra ), June 2016.

Online Higher Education; MOOCs

57. Affordable Subject-Wise Certification from Govt. Recognized Academia, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/12/affordable-subject-wise-certification.html (short link: http://bit.ly/2w4cWyK ), posted in Dec. 2011, last updated in June 2013.

58. NPTEL - IIT Madras - offers online course and certification in Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/06/nptel-offers-online-course-and.html (short link: http://bit.ly/2uxwYkB ), June 2014.

59. Georgia Tech, Udacity and AT&T offer Online MS degree in CS under $7000, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2013/05/georgia-tech-udacity-and-at-offer.html (short link: http://bit.ly/2VpLWnG ), posted in May 2013, last updated in June 2013.

60. CS & IT: Internet Based Learning, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/cs-it-internet-based-learning.html (short link: http://bit.ly/2wt9PQU ), Oct. 2011.

61. Wall Street Journal article on "Higher Education's Online Revolution", http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/07/wall-street-journal-article-on-higher.html (short link: http://bit.ly/3c7Jrwh ), July 2012.

62. NYT (New York Times) article on Massively Open Online Courses, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/07/nyt-article-on-massively-open-online.html (short link: http://bit.ly/3c55WSJ ), July 2012.

63. Prof. Sebastain Thrun's experience of teaching 160,000 students AI for free!, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/07/prof-sebastain-thruns-experience-of.html (short link: http://bit.ly/prof-seba ), July 2012.

64. A Princeton Sociology Professor's Online Teaching Experience, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-princeton-sociology-professors-online.html (short link: http://bit.ly/a-princet ), Nov. 2012.

65. CS & IT Academia: Use Stanford Engineering Everywhere to Teach Programming, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/cs-it-academia-teaching-programming.html (short link: http://bit.ly/use-stan ), Oct. 2011.

66. Online Programming Courses: Use MIT's OCW or IIT's NPTEL or Stanford's SEE, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/online-programming-courses-use-mits-ocw.html (short link: http://bit.ly/online-prog ), Oct. 2011.

67. How Online Education challenge is shaking up US academia, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-online-education-challenge-is.html (short link: http://bit.ly/how-onlin ), Nov. 2012.

68. Napster, mp3 music industry disruption and MOOC, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2012/11/napster-mp3-music-industry-disruption.html (short link: http://bit.ly/napster-mp ), Nov. 2012.

69. The Brains Behind Aakash, the Rs. 3000 (aka $35) Tablet, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2011/10/brains-behind-akaash-rs-3000-tablet.html (short link: http://bit.ly/brains-b ), posted in Oct. 2011, last updated in Feb. 2012.

70. Minister HRD provides written response to Parliament question on online learning (ICT) in the country, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/12/minster-hrd-provides-written-response.html (short link: http://bit.ly/minster-h ), Dec. 2014.

71. Sebastian Thrun of Udacity - Hindu interview; Udacity Nanodegrees in India, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2016/05/sebastian-thrun-of-udacity-hindu.html (short link: http://bit.ly/sebastian-t ), May 2016.

Miscellaneous

72. Dr. S.Ramani's post: Information Technology - Products vs. Services; My comments on it, http://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/05/information-technology-products-vs.html (short link: http://bit.ly/products-vs ), May 2014.

73. Noted Indian professor of education on young foreign Ph.D. qualified Indians finding it difficult to get good academic jobs in India, and on temporary teacher positions, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2014/09/noted-indian-professor-of-education-on.html (short link: http://bit.ly/noted-in ), Sept. 2014.

74. PM Modi speech at Digital India event, California, USA on 26th Sept. 2015, https://eklavyasai.blogspot.com/2015/09/pm-modi-speech-at-digital-india-event.html (short link: http://bit.ly/pm-modi-s ),  Sept. 2015.

75. John Chambers of Cisco & chairman-elect of USIBC and PM Narendra Modi speeches at Digital India meet in California, USA,