Honorary doctors 2018 - A pioneer of new kind of programming
(WorldNews Finland)

Programmer and author Linda Liukas uses stories and imagination to teach coding. Faculty of Natural Sciences LUO How do you teach programming to a child who does not go to school yet? Programmer and children`s author Linda Liukas wrote a book of stories about a girl called Ruby. With the help of the book, children around the world are now learning how to code. The Hello Ruby books have been translated into twenty-five languages. The books teach children programming, the logic of computers, and the basics of artificial intelligence. The picture books that teach coding make use of metaphors and symbolism. `Linda...