The document outlines an open MOOC course on the edX platform, available from April 28 to June 30, 2015, with a self-paced option launched on November 17, 2015. It features a structure including videos, exercises, and assessments, using external tools like Blockly, Codeboard, and Greenfoot to facilitate learning programming and object orientation. The course has attracted over 71,000 enrollees from 200 countries, providing a comprehensive experience through formative and summative assessments.

1. An Open MOOC

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• First of a series of three on edX platform
• 5 weeks (course open from 28 April to 30 June 2015)
• Re-run in self-paced mode as from 17 Nov 2015
• Contents available under CC license

3. Teaching staff

4. >71.000 enrollees
from 200 countries
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5. Course structure
 4 main subsections including: videos, formative
exercises, complementary texts
 Laboratory (formative): Common storyline
 Recap: Summary and (some) solutions
 Exam: Summative (15% each)
 Peer-review (only in weeks 3 and 5): Summative
(10% and 15%)
 Want to practice more? (formative)
 Students’ view
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Videos

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Automatic assessment
• Formative
assessment activities
to check the
understanding of
basic concepts and
common mistakes
• Summative
assessment activities
to grade learners

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External tools: Blockly
• Integrated through an HTML
IFrame in edX (web)
• To fail soon and in a fun way
• To introduce students in
programming through games
and mazes

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External tools: Codeboard
• Integrated through IMS LTI in edX (web)
• For simple programs aimed at practicing
concepts
• For more complex programs that learners
had to code from scratch.

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External tools: Greenfoot
• Standalone IDE that learners had to
install
• To teach object orientation in a fun
way and creating graphical user
interfaces in a very fast way.

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Laboratory
• Common storyline
• Increasing difficulty
• Using Blockly and
Codeboard as
supporting tools

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Students’ view
• Learners from the
American School of
Madrid discussing
what they have
learned each week

13. Summary of contents generated by teachers
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 70 videos
 6h 20m (~5m 25s per video)
 578 exercises
 619 forum messages
496 with edX built-in tools
82 with external tools
(Blockly, Codeboard and Greenfoot)

14. Overall learners’ assessment
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