Decoding the ‘hour of code’

Today marks the last day of the week of Hour of Code, an international programme to give children and young people a brief taste of the basics of coding. Alicia Blum-Ross draws on the Parenting for a Digital Future research project and discusses education technologies, their impact on learning and the thin evidence of outcomes. Alicia is a researcher at the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications. She is interested in youth media production and is part of the Parenting for a Digital Future research project.