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João Alberto Arantes do Amaral; Izabel Patricia Meister; Alessandro dos Santos Faria; Felipe Mancini; Valeria Sperduti Lima; Luciano Gamez – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2025
This article presents our findings concerning a MOOC named 'Introduction to R programming language', in which we applied design thinking combined with problem-based learning to enhance student engagement and improve the learning experience. The course was delivered to 575 students from Brazil between February 28 and March 18, 2022. Our goal was to…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Problem Based Learning, MOOCs
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von Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse; Hauck, Jean C. R.; Demetrio, Matheus Faustino; Pelle, Rafael; da Cruz Alves, Nathalia; Barbosa, Heliziane; Azevedo, Luiz Felipe – Informatics in Education, 2018
The development of computational thinking is a major topic in K-12 education. Many of these experiences focus on teaching programming using block-based languages. As part of these activities, it is important for students to receive feedback on their assignments. Yet, in practice it may be difficult to provide personalized, objective and consistent…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Grading, Outcome Measures
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Ramos, Vinicius F. C.; Cechinel, Cristian; Magé, Larissa; Lemos, Robson – Informatics in Education, 2021
Teaching introductory computer programming and choosing the proper tools and programming languages are challenging tasks. Most of the existing tools are not fully integrated into systems to support the teaching-learning processes. The present paper describes the usability evaluation of the Virtual Programming Lab module for Moodle (VPL-Moodle)…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Usability, Computer Interfaces