The use of online materials in undergraduate computer science classrooms: Examining factors for adopting new curriculum and instruction

摘要

We examined how 63 instructors used the EngageCSEdu digital collection and their ratings of its ease of use and usefulness. The collection contains over 1400 digital resources for teaching CS1 and CS2 classes. Forty-four percent of instructors accessed materials and used them in their classrooms. Most common use was for in-class exercises; 25% used materials for homework assignments. Respondents used materials one time (48%) or a few times (58%); instructors did not use materials to redesign whole courses. Sixty-four percent adapted materials they found on the site by changing difficulty level, changing content such as programming languages or adding/deleting parts of the lesson. Many instructors used materials as background sources to create their own materials.