Edu Code: Transforming Digital Programming Education

Abstract

Hands-on, collaborative work and secure assessments remain challenging to teach in programming remotely as well: most platforms are strong in delivering information but weak in encouraging students to work together online and in ways to securely assess their knowledge of the material. EduCode: Digital Coding Education Reinvented fills this gap with a cloud-based coding and assessment platform that combines real-time collaboration and built-in exam security. So, students can click to join the protected rooms and code together with the synchronized editors, and send the solution immediately. Teachers can follow progress through dashboards, pick questions at random, detect when users switch tabs, and take webcam shots to prevent cheating. The modular system is multilanguage capable and suitable for use on an institutional level. Evaluated results suggest that higher engagement and transparent evaluation are achieved, which may help reduce the gap between theory and practice of the REM programming education by EduCode.