Project Details

A one-year project that was undertaken by the University of Auckland, to create an interactive website that is relevant and accessible to a wide range of students and teachers in introductory programming courses. 

Aims: 

The main aims of the project were to:

  • identify and prioritise fundamental Learning Outcomes in the ACM and IEEE guidelines that are key to introductory programming courses
  • design and implement activities with appropriate scaffolding to ensure the Learning Outcomes are addressed.

Methodology: 

Developing the interactive website involved:

  • recruiting a software developer to create the website activities
  • identifying the Learning Outcomes that needed to be targeted by the activities.

Team

the university of auckland

Dr Nasser Giacaman

Project Leader

The University of Auckland
the university of auckland

Giuseppe De Ruvo

The University of Auckland

Status

Completed

Funding

$20,000.00 (excl GST)

$10,000.00 Regional Hub Project Fund
$10,000.00 The University of Auckland

Key Findings

Key Recommendations

Report

Demystifying the code: Learning fundamental programming concepts without coding

A report prepared by Dr Nasser Giacaman, Elliot Varoy, Oliver Allen and Xavier Downs.

(PDF, 245 KB, 6-pages).

  • 1 April 2019
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