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Programming on the move: design lessons from IPRO

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Matthew Berland,

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CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2149 - 2154

https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979932

Published: 07 May 2011 Publication History

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Computer programming is often a stationary, solitary task; such tasks do not work well for most novices. This work describes the IPRO project that uses our 'Programming Standing Up' framework (PSU) to reframe programming as a mobile, social game. IPRO is a programming and simulation environment for iOS in which a learner programs a virtual robot to play soccer in a virtual space shared with her cohort. This work presents examples of secondary school students learning with IPRO. We then connect the examples to PSU design principles and evaluate those principles in terms of the examples.

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Programming on the move: design lessons from IPRO
1. Human-centered computing

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CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2011

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ISBN:9781450302685

DOI:10.1145/1979742

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Microsoft Research
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