Teaching programming in e-learning environments: concerns and proposals within the scope of the virtual pedagogical model of the Open University of Portugal

Authors

  • Marcos Luiz Mucheroni USP/UAb Author
  • Elizabeth Simão Carvalho Universidade Aberta Author
  • Adérito Fernandes Marcos Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5335/rep.v26i2.8703

Keywords:

E-learning, ensino e aprendizagem da programação, ensino-aprendizagem on-line, classe virtual; modelo pedagógico virtual.

Abstract

The teaching and learning of computer programming in e-learning environment is an area that has attracted increasing interest from both the universities in network and the e-learning researchers. Learning to code in computers requires the development of logical reasoning on the part of the student, while learning to master the potentialities of a particular programming language, building data structures and developing a strategy of problem solving by its division and modularization into simpler problems of easier conquest. In addition, it is important that the student develops group working skills, besides individual studies maintaining high levels of concentration to perform review and debugging work of the source code. The online teaching of computer programming consists of these aspects, demanding a high degree of interaction between students and these with the teacher. In this article we present a set of concrete reflections and proposals of strategies for the implementation of teaching and learning of computer programming at university level, exploring the method of “design” of instructions as an approach to dialogue, an adaptation of Bloom’s taxonomy, based on the experience and virtual pedagogical model of the Open University of Portugal.

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Author Biographies

  • Elizabeth Simão Carvalho, Universidade Aberta

    Elizabeth Carvalho is an Electrotechnical Engineer and a Postgraduate in Systems Analysis from Veiga de Almeida University (1985 and 1989). She has a Master’s in Computer Science and a PhD in Technology and Information Systems from the University of Minho (1994 and 2008). She has taught at the universities of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Minho, Atlântica and Aberta.

  • Adérito Fernandes Marcos

    Adérito Fernandes Marcos é licenciado em Engenharia Informática pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1992), doutorado em Engenharia pela Darmstadt University of Technology (1997) e em Informática pela Universidade do Minho (2000). É professor catedrático de nomeação definitiva da Universidade Aberta, no Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia desde 2013. Além de Diretor do Doutoramento em Média-Arte Digital desde 2012 até 2017 é ainda Diretor do Doutoramento em Tecnologia e Ciência Web desde 2015.

Published

2019-05-10

How to Cite

Teaching programming in e-learning environments: concerns and proposals within the scope of the virtual pedagogical model of the Open University of Portugal. Revista Espaço Pedagógico, [S. l.], v. 26, n. 2, p. 352–369, 2019. DOI: 10.5335/rep.v26i2.8703. Disponível em: https://ojs.upf.br/index.php/rep/article/view/8703. Acesso em: 16 oct. 2025.