Authors:
Jorge Villalobos
;
Nadya Calderón
and
Camilo Jiménez
Affiliation:
University of Los Andes, Colombia
Keyword(s):
Online Community, Computer Programming Education, Teaching Programming Support, Knowledge Management, Active Learning.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Community Building
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Educating the Educators
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Simulated Communities and Online Mentoring
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
Abstract:
Difficulties in computer programming education have prompted the need to tackle the teaching and learning of programming from alternative pedagogical approaches. However, modern engineering education demands more than simply working around the students’ learning process. Others who play important roles in academia face substantial challenges as they support the management of knowledge and the improvement in teaching within computer science (CS) departments. As a possible solution to these challenges, an emerging online community culture has applied an effective strategy that can guide people working toward common goals. To support teachers and CS departments in charge of computer programming education, this paper presents a social network developed with active learning approaches: the Cupi2 Community, a set of people, policies, resources, contributions, technological mechanisms, and interaction strategies that promote the generation of collective knowledge and offer continuous suppor
t to CS educators involved with active learning approaches.
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