The Alice Project
Project
The Alice Project
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Wanda Dann
Summary
CMU Professor Randy Pausch conceived of Alice nearly two decades ago as tool that would be used to introduce programming to students who were less likely to learn to program in standard math and computer sciences courses. Java was the language chosen. Now run by Wanda Dann at CMU, the Alice Project is designed to allow students to go beyond the drag-and-drop environment of the previous version, enabling direct, Java-based coding in a Java IDE (NetBeans). Studies show that Alice attracts a much wider cross section of students than conventional programming courses. This is especially true among women and minorities.
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