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Introducing basic programming to pre-university students: A successful initiative in Singapore
2018 17th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET): Proceedings, Olhao, Portugal, April 26-28
  • Heng Ngee MOK, Singapore Management University
  • Vandana RAMACHANDRA RAO, Singapore Management University
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2018
Abstract

“Let’s Code!” is an intensive 3-week basic programming course that aims to formally expose pre-university students in Singapore to programming. This course was conducted in blended-learning format, and included lecture videos, self-check quizzes, video conferences, meet-up tutorials and take-home programming assignments. The authors hope to capture the experience gained from running this course for educators who intend to implement similar courses in the future. Besides a detailed description of this course, significant changes that were made based on feedback from participants and members of the teaching team are documented here.

Keywords
  • Programming,
  • Curriculum Development,
  • Computer Science Education,
  • Student Outreach,
  • Flipped Classroom,
  • Blended Learning
Identifier
10.1109/ITHET.2018.8424783
Publisher
IEEE
City or Country
Piscataway, NJ
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2018.8424783
Citation Information
Heng Ngee MOK and Vandana RAMACHANDRA RAO. "Introducing basic programming to pre-university students: A successful initiative in Singapore" 2018 17th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET): Proceedings, Olhao, Portugal, April 26-28 (2018) p. 1 - 7
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hengngee_mok/3/