I am very interested in programs with a focus on learn by doing rather than lecture based instruction. Hacker School and App Academy are the only institutions I have been able to find thus far with such a structure.
What other programs should I look into?
You should definitely check out codeacademy.com<p>You literally read en explanation as you code in an interactive window right on the same page. Right now they offer HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and Ruby if I'm not mistaken.