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...enrollment in Computer Science 50 has jumped 60 percent. But A. Cansu Aydede ’11, a female computer-science concentrator and a teaching fellow for CS50, says she suspects the jump in enrollment is due primarily to the accessible and welcoming approach of the professor, David J. Malan ’99. And it remains to be seen whether an increase in the number of students taking the introductory class will translate to a higher number of concentrators.Women currently make up a slightly higher share of Harvard computer-science concentrators than they did each of the last...
Google has also supported the course’s experimentation with virtual machines on Amazon’s servers through a $25,000 grant awarded earlier in the year, according to Malan...
...tablets have also proved helpful as a teaching tool. Malan said he took advantage of the technological capabilities of a tablet this week in lecture, “particularly so I could draw attention to interesting elements on the screen...
According to Charania, Microsoft has not yet decided whether they will continue to work with Malan in coming years...
...Among the features we gain is the administrator access we have over the machines,” Malan said. “There are fewer technological barriers that get in the way of working with students...