Qatar University Exemplary Online Course Award

Object-Oriented Programming Course

Dr. Saleh AlhazbiComputer Science and Engineering Dept.

College of Engineering

•Challenges of Teaching Computer Programming.

Contents

•Objectives of Online Support.

•Pedagogical facets of Our Online Course.•Our Online Course Features.

•Evaluation and Results

•Students lack solving-problems skills

Challenges of Teaching Programming

•Subject nature:•Difficult to imagine programming notation because no similar items in real life

•Teaching Methods

•Improve students participation in learning process outside the classroom

Objectives of Online Support

• Increase level of interaction:• student-instructor.• student-student.

•Increase students motivation and satisfaction

•Multiple instructional strategies.

Pedagogical facets of our approach

• Iterative learning

• Timely formative assessment

• Highly interactive environment.Single teaching style only meets certain students’ learning preferences, while multiple strategies makes all students feel part of learning environment Students who are more engaged with online system report better perception of learning

It is informal assessment used to provide feedback to both teacher and learner about course progress.

Online Course Features: Main Page

The menu is ordered alphabetically

Creates sense of student ownership

Online Course Features: Case Study

Objectives:1-link the subject to real problems.2- Reinforce programming concepts to enhance students learning.3-Apply separated concepts to form a real solution.4- Help students to use this case as a model when to solve their project assignment.

Online Course Features: ClassTube

Online Course Features: Discussion Board

Online Course Features: Games

Online Course Features: Student’s Journal

Online Course Features: Student’s Opinion

Online Course Features: Project

Online Course Features: Weekend Test

Online Course Features: Evaluation

Q1I am very satisfied with learning experience I have gained in this class

Q2 I am happy that I enrolled in this course

Q3 Online materials are very organized and ease to be used

Q4I have feeling of accomplishment from the work I have done in this class.

Q5 Online materials very helpful tool to support my learning.

Q6 I feel concepts of OOP are clear to me now.

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Online Course Features: Evaluation

Interaction with instructorThe interaction between students and instructor in this course wasExcellent 100%

Good 0%

Normal 0%

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No interaction 0%During this course, I think best way to interact with the instructor was

Through “My Journal” 40%

During class discussion 40%

Through email 0%

During office hours 20%

I had no interaction 0%

Online Course Features: Evaluation

Students’ Access to Online Materials During the Week

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