Title :
Orienting the teaching of an introductory object-oriented programming to meet the learning objective
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge
Abstract :
This paper describes our experiences in teaching a first year object-oriented programming course. We used Java as a vehicle to teach programming principles and BlueJ as a Java development environment. The course was heavily supported by Web-based resources delivered through WebCT. So far we consider the overall students´ learning experience as being considerably enriched and a positive one
Keywords :
Internet; Java; courseware; distance learning; object-oriented programming; teaching; BlueJ; Java; Web-based learning; Web-based resource; WebCT; object-oriented programming course; teaching; Computer languages; Computer science; Education; Information systems; Java; Object oriented programming; Programming environments; Programming profession; Telephony; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces, 2004. 26th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cavtat
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-9-1
