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Computer Science E-1 is a course at Harvard Extension School. E-1 isn't so much about computer science as it is about technology and how it all works. Most every student who takes this class uses computers every day but doesn't necessarily understand what's going on underneath the hood (or, in some cases, is outright scared!). All students exit this more comfortable with computers and the Internet.
Even if you are not a student at Harvard, you are welcome to "take" this course via computerscience1.tv by following along via the Internet. (The course's own website is at www.computerscience1.net.) Available at left are videos of lectures along with PDFs of problem sets. Sample solutions to the latter are not available, but if you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, do join the course's Google Group.
If you're a teacher, you are welcome to adopt or adapt these materials for your own course, per the license.
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Copyright © 2006 – 2019, David J. Malan of Harvard University
This course's content is licensed by David J. Malan of Harvard University under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, which means that you are not only welcome to "take" this course,
you are free:
So that folks (like you!) have a place to turn with questions, we've created a Google Group called computerscience1-discuss, which is like a message board and mailing list rolled into one.
Once you've joined, you'll be able to email the group at computerscience1-discuss@googlegroups.com and browse past discussions at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/computerscience1-discuss.
These lectures were filmed in the Science Center.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at left.
Below are problem sets (i.e., homework assignments).
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at left.
Below are exams; other answers may be possible. Reviews were led by Dan Armendariz, Rei Diaz, and Eugenia Kim.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the material with others, you may want to join the Google Group at left.
Workshops are in-depth segments on topics related to lectures. These workshops were led by Dan Armendariz and Eugenia Kim; they were filmed by Chris Thayer.
Videos of the week are bite-sized segments on topics related to lectures. These videos were produced by Dan Armendariz, Rei Diaz, Eugenia Kim, and Chris Thayer.