Collaborative Research: Programming Standing Up

这个工程教育研究项目将开发软件和高中课程，用移动设备教授编程，这将允许学生在为虚拟机器人竞赛开发程序时四处走动并相互交流。该项目基于一个假设，即移动协作编程平台将在设计、生成和评估算法知识方面改善学习成果。该假设被细分为四个可测量的结果，重点是学习、编程知识的转移、参与和程序。本文研究了学习和系统开发两方面的内容。这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性，如果成功，将从根本上改变学生学习计算机知识的方式。学生们不是坐在电脑前开发程序，而是积极地四处走动，在准备机器人比赛的任务中进行互动。这项工作可能会吸引更多不同群体的学生学习编程的基础知识，这是21世纪劳动力的关键技能。

This engineering education research project will develop the software and high school curricula to teach programming using mobile devices that will allow students to walk around and interact with each other as they develop programs for virtual robotics competitions. The project is driven by the hypothesis that a mobile, collaborative programming platform will improve learning outcomes in designing, generating, and evaluating algorithmic knowledge. The hypothesis has been subdivided into four measurable outcomes focusing on learning, transfer of programming knowledge, engagement, and procedures. Both learning and system development are addressed in the proposed research.The broader significance and importance of this project, if successful, are to fundamentally change how students learn computer literacy. Rather than sitting at a computer to develop programs, students actively move around and interact in the task of preparing for robot competitions. This work may engage a more diverse group of students in learning the basics of programming, a key skill for the 21st century workforce.