Development of engaging and readily transferable laboratory experiences for the introductory programming course

该项目的主要目标是：(1)通过一套结构良好的、引人入胜的、实用的和有意义的在线实验室经验，加强初级计算机科学编程课程的交付；(2)促进其他教师采用开发的材料；以及(3)使该项目的结果和材料以西班牙语和英语提供，并作为交钥匙解决方案在线获取。这将使实验室资源具有吸引力，并易于被其他拉美裔服务机构采用。该项目提供了一个交钥匙解决方案，显著简化了教师在课堂技术方面的变化，转向更实际、更活跃和更有吸引力的课程。本质上，交钥匙解决方案由一套结构良好的在线实验室经验组成，这些经验是实用的、有意义的、易于访问和可转移的，所有这些经验都打包到一个预先配置了所有必要软件(编译器、库和数据文件)的虚拟设备中。实验体验包含一个强大的持续评估部分，以确定学生的技能、概念掌握情况以及对实验体验的概念和主题的态度。这些体验遵循了美林的五项教学原则，即以任务为中心，并有激活、示范、应用和整合的过程。产品开发遵循ADDIE模型(分析、设计、开发、实施、评估)。学生的学习评估是在每次实验之前、期间和之后进行的。通过在主要的CS教育会议上举办展览和出版出版物，以及在专门网站的支持下，对该项目进行宣传和传播。

The main goals of the project are to: (1) enhance the delivery of the introductory level computer science programming course through a set of well-structured laboratory online lab experiences that are engaging, applied, and meaningful, (2) facilitate the adoption of the developed materials by other instructors, and (3) make the results and materials of this project available both in Spanish and English and accessible online as a turnkey solution. This will make the laboratory resources attractive and easy to adopt by other Hispanic serving institutions.The project provides a turnkey solution that significantly eases an instructor's change in classroom techniques toward more hands-on, active and engaging courses. In essence, the turnkey solution consists of a set of well-structured online laboratory experiences that are applied, meaningful, easily accessible and transferable, all packaged into a virtual appliance preconfigured with all the necessary software (compilers, libraries, and data files). The laboratory experiences contain a strong continuous assessment component to establish students' skills, concept mastery and attitudes towards the concepts and theme of the lab experiences. The experiences are designed following Merrill's five principles of instruction, i.e. be task-centered, and have processes of activation, demonstration, application and integration. Product development follows the ADDIE model (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation). Student learning assessment is done before, during and after each laboratory experience. Promotion and dissemination of the project is achieved through exhibitions and publications in major CS Education conferences, as well as supported by a dedicated website.