CUPI2 COMMUNITY - Promoting a Networking Culture that Supports the Teaching of Computer Programming

Jorge Villalobos, Nadya Calderón, Camilo Jiménez

2009

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 support to CS educators involved with active learning approaches.

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in Harvard Style

Villalobos J., Calderón N. and Jiménez C. (2009). CUPI2 COMMUNITY - Promoting a Networking Culture that Supports the Teaching of Computer Programming . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 78-85. DOI: 10.5220/0001977000780085


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu09,
author={Jorge Villalobos and Nadya Calderón and Camilo Jiménez},
title={CUPI2 COMMUNITY - Promoting a Networking Culture that Supports the Teaching of Computer Programming},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={78-85},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001977000780085},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - CUPI2 COMMUNITY - Promoting a Networking Culture that Supports the Teaching of Computer Programming
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Villalobos J.
AU - Calderón N.
AU - Jiménez C.
PY - 2009
SP - 78
EP - 85
DO - 10.5220/0001977000780085