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Java Tutorial for Beginners: Learn in 7 Days

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Overview:

This is a basic tutorial for Java programming.

Type of Material:

Tutorial

Recommended Uses:

This can be used as reference materials. Furthermore, students can read them before class so that flipped classroom activities can be conducted.

A self-contained courses. Some individual modules can be used to assist learning in a particular topic on foundamental JAVA programming

Technical Requirements:

Web browser

Identify Major Learning Goals:

To learn the basic concepts of Java programming

To understand some basic object oriented concepts

Target Student Population:

College Lower Division

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic computing and maths skills

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Strengths:

It is a website for learning the fundamentals of JAVA programming.
The tutorial is comprehensive, covering a wide range of basic topics.
There are easy-to-understand examples.
One major advantage is that the tutorials are divided into small units.
It uses the relatively traditional approach that attempts to introduce the essential syntax, keywords and flow control needed in writing JAVA programme.
The contents presented is valid and significant in learning.
For the beginners of JAVA programming, the content provided is appropriate.
The length of each content page is appropriate for understanding the learning presented.

Concerns:

There is little interaction.

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Strengths:

The learning goals are clear.
The tutorials are divided into easy-to-follow units. There are some simple examples to promote concept understanding.
There are also some videos to reinforce the programming concept. In particular, the abstract class and interface unit provides good explanations and examples.
The textual description with the illustrative diagrams added are able enhance the understanding of the content while it does provide much videos
The examples given are able to address the key points on the topic
Even there are no explicitly written learning objective, the topic names in each page has shown the key learning point of the each page.
Some diagrams given in the page can also be used in a lesson to highlight some keypoints.

Concerns:

It would be better if some exercises can be included.
In navigate among the pages, the web page only provides the topics in the last 5 or the next 5 pages. It would be better if the flow can be categorized.

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Strengths:

The contents are presented in a good layout in the desktop computer. It also provides responsive web on mobile to increase the readability.
To read the pages one-by-one, the learners should be able to follow easily facilitated by "Next" button.
As the content is relatively static, the requirement of the viewing platform is also simple as long as the browser is available.