No theory classes, no exams. Learn to program by performing real tasks with the help of your personal mentor.
100% HANDS-ON, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
First practice and then practice. At Ubiqum Code Academy there are no lectures, no boring subjects and no final exams. And at your side, instead of a teacher that you share with other students, at the same time and at the same pace, there are personal mentors who get involved in your learning process until you reach your goals. All our courses are structured in projects, already developed by our product team for learning purposes, that simulate real professional life, so that you will face every day challenges and business situations common in the world of web development or data analytics.
Each student has different skills, abilities and learning paces. Our courses are specially designed to adapt to any need and allow you to go from “I have no idea” to “I am a programmer or data analyst” in just 3 months thanks to Learning by Doing. We know WHAT to teach you, because we have asked companies what processes, tools and languages they use, and we have incorporated them into our courses. And we know HOW to teach you to program, because Ubiqum’s learning methods and processes have been developed by learning sciencespecialists with more than 30 years of experience.
THE LEARNING CYCLE AT UBIQUM
All our courses are organized in modules and each module is a project that the student will execute from start to finish. The projects are highly structured and make up a learning environment extremely rich in content and resources that will help you advance in your learning.
Projects are divided into tasks and each task is structured around a deliverable to be produced by the student.
All course content is on our Ubiqum-learn learning platform which you can access from anywhere in the world at any time.
Step 1: Your task
At each point in the course the learner has a clear and concise task to perform and a deliverable to produce.
Step 2: A working procedure
Each Task has a detailed work plan associated with it that will tell you step by step how to proceed. Even if you have never done anything like this before, you will have the necessary instructions to move forward.
Step 3: Resources
To perform your task you will need to learn and use new concepts (theory) that we provide in the context in which you need them to produce the deliverable. We never provide theory out of context of its environment of use.
Step 4: Feedback from your personal mentor.
Your personal mentor will help you to start each task, to resolve any doubts that may arise during the course of the work and to review the work done, indicating how to improve until the desired quality is achieved.
Roger C. Schank
Ubiqum’s programs are designed and built following the principles and models of Dr. Roger Schank, one of the great visionaries in the world of artificial intelligence, learning theories and cognitive science. Schank was the founder and director (from 1989 to 1996) of the Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University in Chicago. Previously he was a professor of computer science and psychology at Yale University, as well as director of the Artificial Intelligence Project at Yale University. He began his academic career at Stanford University.
In 1996 Schank left the University and devoted most of his life to researching efficient and effective methods of teaching and learning in order to adapt the educational system to successfully meet the challenges of the 21st century. The Ubiqum programs are an example of this research and its application in the real world.
In 2010 and 2011 he was chosen as one of the 10 most influential people in the world in the field of digital learning.
Dr Schank passed away in February 2023. We would like to pay tribute to his memory and thank him for all he has contributed to Ubiqum. We remain committed to his legacy.
Click here here to learn more about Dr. Schank’s many projects, publications and accomplishments.
Click here to read a personal tribute to a friend.
