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A Longitudinal Study of the Effectiveness of Teaching Introductory Programming Courses Online
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A Longitudinal Study of the Effectiveness of Teaching Introductory Programming Courses Online

Laura White, John Coffey and Eman El-Sheikh
Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Vol.1, pp.529-536
ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, , June 22-26, 2009 (Honolulu, Hawaii, 06/22/2009–06/26/2009)
2009

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This paper describes a longitudinal study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of online delivery of an introductory programming course at a public regional comprehensive university. This study was conducted as a follow-up to prior research that evaluated the initial design of an online introductory programming course and the effectiveness of design improvements made after the completion of that study. The current study further evaluates the effectiveness of the online delivery of the introductory programming course through an analysis of longitudinal data derived from final course grades and grade point averages for learners who successfully completed the introductory programming course online or face-to-face and their performance in the follow-on intermediate programming course within a seven-semester time-frame. The paper presents the results of this study, conclusions, and plans for future work.

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