Distributed Pair Programming Using Collaboration Scripts: An Educational System and Initial Results

Since pair programming appeared in the literature as an effective method of teaching computer programming, many systems were developed to cover the application of pair programming over distance. Today's systems serve personal, professional and educational purposes allowing distributed teams to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Informatics in education Jg. 14; H. 2; S. 291 - 314
Hauptverfasser: TSOMPANOUDI, Despina, SATRATZEMI, Maya, XINOGALOS, Stelios
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Vilnius Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 01.01.2015
Vilnius University Press
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Vilnius University
Schlagworte:
adaptive collaboration support
CAI
Collaboration
collaboration scripts
Collaborative learning
collaborative programming
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Computer assisted instruction
Computer Mediated Communication
Computer programming
Computer Science Education
Computer Software
Control Groups
Cooperation
Cooperative Learning
Distance Education
distributed pair programming
Education
Educational Objectives
Educational Strategies
Educational Technology
Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Experimental Groups
Feedback
Feedback (Response)
Learner Engagement
Learning
Learning Objectives
Learning Processes
Likert Scales
Mann Whitney U Test
Pretests Posttests
Programming
Questionnaires
Scripts
Student Attitudes
Student Participation
Student Role
Students
System effectiveness
Systematic review
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Teamwork
collaboration scripts
collaborative programming
adaptive collaboration support
distributed pair programmin
ISSN:1648-5831, 2335-8971
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Zusammenfassung:Since pair programming appeared in the literature as an effective method of teaching computer programming, many systems were developed to cover the application of pair programming over distance. Today's systems serve personal, professional and educational purposes allowing distributed teams to work together on the same programming project. The current research focuses in distributed pair programming systems which are suitable for supporting students in learning computer programming. Systematic review of publicly available systems revealed that there is an absence of effective collaboration support for the students. The main drawbacks of pair programming, such as uneven workload distribution and infrequent role switches, cannot be addressed with available systems. While building an enhanced version of a distributed pair programming system, successful instructional strategies in similar collaborative learning systems were explored, in order to improve students' interactions when applying pair programming over distance. As a result, the new system allows students to practice distributed pair programming in the form of collaboration scripts. This paper presents the features and the underlying concepts of the system, and the results of its first evaluation. The study showed that distributed pair programming attracted positive feedback from students, and that scripted collaboration affected students' engagement in programming, and resulted in an evenly distribution of learning objectives among pairs.
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ISSN:1648-5831
2335-8971
DOI:10.15388/infedu.2015.17