Codeboard

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Evidence · 5 claims (4 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description

Codeboard is an open-source, web-based integrated development environment that enables learners to write, compile, execute, and test code in browser-based courses, including MOOCs.

Components

• Codeboard web-based IDE integrated into MOOCs via IMS LTI: Codeboard is an open-source, web-based development environment that lets learners "code directly in Codeboard without installing any additional software locally", supporting multiple languages (Java, C, C++, Python). Teachers provide base code and test cases; activities integrate into MOOC learning sequences through the IMS LTI standard and scale to thousands of concurrent learners. In this study a modified local instance collected compilation, execution, access and code data across 117 activities in three Java MOOCs on edX. (Gallego-Romero et al. (2020))

Claims

• Registered learners in programming MOOCs using Codeboard show greater engagement than anonymous learners, compiling and executing code more times per access [+M]
• Registered learners modify the teacher-provided base code more than anonymous learners, both in share of sessions and in Levenshtein distance [+M]
• Registered learners perform more actions and spend more time per Codeboard working session than anonymous learners [+W]
• Registered learners have a higher ratio of compilation errors to total compilations, consistent with deeper code modification [+W]
• When comparing only sessions in which the base code was actually modified, there are no significant differences between anonymous and registered learners in actions or time per session [~W]

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Key Sources

• Gallego-Romero, J.M., Alario-Hoyos, C., Estévez-Ayres, I. et al. (2020). Analyzing learners' engagement and behavior in MOOCs on programming with the Codeboard IDE. Education Tech Research Dev 68, 2505–2528 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09773-6

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title	Codeboard
description	Codeboard is an open-source, web-based integrated development environment that enables learners to write, compile, execute, and test code in browser-based courses, including MOOCs.
status	review
product_kind	software
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