一句话：通过205人调查揭示计算机科学学生与开发者的在线学习偏好、资源使用习惯与需求。
该论文关注在线文档与学习资源日益丰富背景下，计算机科学学生和专业开发者如何选择和使用这些资源进行编程学习。作者开展了一项有205名参与者参与的调查，参与者具有不同程度的正规教育背景和专业编程经验，调查内容涵盖学习偏好、信息搜寻行为、常用在线资源以及学习需求。研究结果显示，参与者更偏好视觉与听觉相结合的学习方式；书面教程和官方文档是当前学生与开发者最常使用的两类资源。研究还发现，尽管在线资源被认为很有价值，但用户在搜索和浏览这类资源方面仍需要更好的支持。
The increasing availability of online documentation is radically changing the way developers and computer science students learn various topics, and programming in particular. Nowadays, a plethora of online learning resources are available, ranging from online University courses and official programming manuals/documentation to video tutorials, screencasts, and discussions available on Question & Answer forums. With the aim of aiding researchers to better understand the usage, advantages, and limitations of this large amount of resources, this paper empirically investigates the learning preferences and needs of computer science students and professional developers related to the use of online resources for learning. We conducted a survey with 205 participants, having different degrees of formal instruction and professional experience in programming. The survey investigated the participants' learning preferences, information seeking behavior, preferred online resources, and learning needs. The study results reveal a preference for combined visual and auditory learning while indicating written tutorials and official documentation as two of the most popular resources currently used by developers and students. The study also indicates that, although online resources are considered valuable, there is a need for better support for searching and browsing this kind of resources.
@inproceedings{Escobar-AvilaVP19,
title = {A Survey on Online Learning Preferences for Computer Science and Programming},
author = {Javier Escobar-Avila and Deborah Venuti and Massimiliano Di Penta and Sonia Haiduc},
booktitle = {ICSE},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1109/icse-seet.2019.00026}
}