Authors:
Ville Isomöttönen
and
Tommi Kärkkäinen
Affiliation:
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Keyword(s):
Open Data, Open API, Project-Based, Innovation Ability, Creativity.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Collaborative Learning
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Project Based Learning and Engineering Education
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
Abstract:
This article presents an innovation-based course concept for project-based learning. In this course, student
groups are asked to ideate and implement a software product based on Open Data and Open API releases. By
emphasizing students’ own product ideation, the course requires and enhances self-directed learning skills and
prompts the students to see the unlimited possibilities in becoming and being a practitioner of the computing
discipline. Relatedly, the course provides a tool to improve student self-efficacy, as the students, coached
through challenges, come to know that they are able to produce software using various open interfaces.