Computer Science Principles: Digital Information” by Rich Winnie
On February 4th, I completed the “Computer Science Principles: Digital Information” by Rich Winnie. This LinkedIn Learning essentially talked about everything to do with the basics of computer science. It did have some overlapping topics with class, such as HTML and basic programming. However, what I found to be most interesting and productive was the discussion of binary, bytes, bits and pixels. Oftentimes, I think I forget that MIS is basically business programming, so learning about computer science should be essential to MIS. This lesson taught me not a lot about how to program, but what programming is, why we do it, and what it actually happening when we code.
Coding languages we use are much simpler versions of binary, which is the backend language for computers. Learning about binary and the science of how computers work is essential to understanding the deep history of the current programming languages we use, and why each function operates the way it does. I would definitely recommend this learning to other MIS students, as I feel it deepened my understanding of the (sometimes forgotten) computer science side of MIS.