Exploring Teaching Programming Online through Web Conferencing System: The Lens of Activity Theory

Autor/inn/en	Çakiroglu, Ünal; Kokoç, Mehmet; Kol, Elvan; Turan, Ebru
Titel	Exploring Teaching Programming Online through Web Conferencing System: The Lens of Activity Theory
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 19 (2016) 4, S.126-139 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Programming; Online Courses; Qualitative Research; Teleconferencing; Computer Science Education; Educational Technology; Observation; Semi Structured Interviews; Protocol Analysis; Interaction; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Student Behavior; Teacher Behavior; Teaching Methods; Computer Mediated Communication; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmierung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Qualitative Forschung; Telekonferenz; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Beobachtung; Interaktion; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Student behaviour; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand activities and behaviors of learners and instructor in an online programming course. Adobe Connect web conferencing system was used as a delivery platform. A total of fifty-six sophomore students attending a computer education and instructional technology program (online) participated in this study. Data were collected through observations of twenty-two online course recordings and semi-structured interviews. The findings were discussed through Mwanza's Activity notations based on Activity Theory. The results indicated that, by using web conferencing tools, students could develop programming knowledge through the learning tasks by interacting each other. The instructor acted as a key role in constructing the online learning community. Opportunities of getting instant feedback, acting in online collaborative activities and sharing features of the system contributed to students' learning. Also, it is suggested that; both conceptual and strategic structures of the programming courses should be taken into consideration while using web conferencing. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01