Abstract
We present a collaborative learning tool for programming, Jeliot Collaboratively or JeCo. Jeliot Collaboratively is a combination of a program visualization tool for Java programs, called Jeliot 3, and a collaborative authoring tool, Woven Stories. We introduce these systems and explain how they can be used in learning. Furthermore, we present future directions in order to support a wider range of use cases with JeCo.
Highlights
A large number of students are struggling with their programming courses (McCracken et al, 2001) and especially in the distance education courses in programming (V. Meisalo et al, 2003)
We have developed a program visualization tool, Jeliot 3, that can be used during learning and teaching of programming (Moreno et al, 2004c)
It is possible to start animations in Jeliot directly from BlueJ’s object bench. Another plugin has been developed for Editing Java (EJE), a development environment containing special features that simplify the usage of the tool for novices and allows the use of the tool directly from a web page
Summary
A large number of students are struggling with their programming courses (McCracken et al, 2001) and especially in the distance education courses in programming (V. Meisalo et al, 2003). Pair or group programming could be introduced to distance education programming courses as well but that would require new tools to support the interaction between students when they are learning and working at a distance. It is designed to help novice level students by visualizing the Java program’s state and source code during the execution of the program. In this way, students are able to build a reference model that they can use to solve problems they have not encountered before and they acquire vocabulary to discuss programs with each other and their teacher (Ben-Bassat Levy et al, 2003). We present some future directions which could benefit all these systems in the contexts of distance education
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