The document discusses a 'codeschool in a box' approach to making programming curricula more accessible through various educational principles and methodologies. It emphasizes the use of volunteer contributions, skill transfer, and open educational resources, while incorporating game-based learning elements such as goal cards and state tables for interactive learning. The aim is to lower barriers for hosting classes and improve content design and packaging, ultimately enhancing upskilling opportunities.

1. Codeschool in a Box
A Low-barrier Approach to
Packaging Programming Curricula
Yoshi Malaise, Evan Cole and Beat Signer
Web & Information Systems Engineering Lab
Department of Computer Science
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

2. Background

5. Zone of Proximal Development
- Lev Vygotsky., 1978

6. PRIMM
- Sentance et al., 2019
Not Mine
Partly Mine
All Mine

7. Skill Transfer
Types of
Transfer
Negative
Transfer
Positive
Transfer
Low/High
Transfer
Simple/Complex
Transfer

8. Expertise Reversal

9. Context

10. Content Design
Upskilling
Content Packaging
ICT Staff Shortage
Volunteers

11. Solution

13. • Different ways to look at code
• Maximal use of
volunteer contributions
• Expertise Reversal & Skill Transfer

22. • Open Education Resources
• Provide immediate feedback
• Game-based learning

24. Three Types of Cards
Goal Cards Environment Cards Code Cards

25. One-to-Four Players

26. The Playing Field

27. Playing a Card

28. Updating the Trace Table

29. Earning Points

32. Sixteen Heroes
• Shield
• Sword
• Helmet
• Cape
• Gender
• Skin tone

33. The Scroll

35. State Table

36. State Table

38. • On the go learning
• Accessible under time constraints
• PRIMM principles

45. • Reduce administrative overhead
• Lower barrier to host classes
• Recommend content in the
Zone of Proximal Development
based on knowledge graphs and
student modelling

51. Content Design
Content Packaging
Volunteers
Conclusion