In its computer science programming modules that launched in August, the platform has moved more toward experimenting with helping students learn by doing.

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With free online courses in Computer Science, Programming, Mathematics, General Science and Entrepreneurship, Udacity has over 700, 000 users and an innovative revenue model that includes both certification for completed courses as well as a job referral services.

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Code.org, a non-profit founded by entrepreneurs Hadi Partovi and his brother Ali Partovi, is launching a campaign to try to get more computer science courses and more students studying programming.

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Alongside summer interns Jamie Wong and Jessica Liu, Resig worked to create an introduction to computer science course with online chapters in drawing, programming, animation and user interaction.

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Programming was a late love for Penny Herscher, who became interested in computer science during college.

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The computer science introduction course teaches basic skills by having students build a Google-like search engine, using the programming language Python.

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