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Blocks-based ABM with NetTango
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Blocks-based ABM with NetTango

Danilo Oliveira Vaz

Instructor: Danilo Oliveira Vaz

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Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Advanced level

Recommended experience

2 hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning
Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Advanced level

Recommended experience

2 hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning

What you'll learn

  • Learn about a tool that can be used to teach entry-level programming and complex thinking

  •  Create a block-based modelling experience from scratch

  • Improve an already existing NetLogo simulation

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Taught in English
No downloads or installation required

Only available on desktop

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About this Guided Project

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Introduction to the NetTango builder

  2. NetTango Main Structure and Possibilities

  3. [OPTIONAL] Practice: Playing with Ants

  4. Initiating a NetTango project

  5. Block-setup

  6. Block-Go

  7. Practice: Block Tags and Style

  8. Recap

  9. [OPTIONAL] Cumulative Challenge – Create a NetTango project from a NetLogo model

Recommended experience

Experience with Logo programming and the NetLogo environment.

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Instructor

Danilo Oliveira Vaz
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How you'll learn

  • Skill-based, hands-on learning

    Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.

  • Expert guidance

    Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.

  • No downloads or installation required

    Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.

  • Available only on desktop

    This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.

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