Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking MOOC
Free online course on computational thinking uses case studies of real world problems.
Have you ever heard that computers "think"? Believe it or not, computers really do not think. Instead, they do exactly what we tell them to do. Programming is, "telling the computer what to do and how to do it."
Before you can think about programming a computer, you need to work out exactly what it is you want to tell the computer to do. Thinking through problems this way is Computational Thinking. Computational Thinking allows us to take complex problems, understand what the problem is, and develop solutions. We can present these solutions in a way that both computers and people can understand.
This free online course includes an introduction to computational thinking and a series of real-world cases that illustrate how computational thinking can be used to solve complex problems.