Open Resources as the Educational Basis for a Bachelor-level Project-Based Course

Ville Isomöttönen, Tommi Kärkkäinen

2015

Abstract

This article presents an innovation-based course concept for project-based learning. In this course, student groups are asked to ideate and implement a software product based on Open Data and Open API releases. By emphasizing students’ own product ideation, the course requires and enhances self-directed learning skills and prompts the students to see the unlimited possibilities in becoming and being a practitioner of the computing discipline. Relatedly, the course provides a tool to improve student self-efficacy, as the students, coached through challenges, come to know that they are able to produce software using various open interfaces.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Isomöttönen V. and Kärkkäinen T. (2015). Open Resources as the Educational Basis for a Bachelor-level Project-Based Course . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-108-3, pages 46-56. DOI: 10.5220/0005432100460056

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu15,
author={Ville Isomöttönen and Tommi Kärkkäinen},
title={Open Resources as the Educational Basis for a Bachelor-level Project-Based Course},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={46-56},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005432100460056},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Open Resources as the Educational Basis for a Bachelor-level Project-Based Course
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
AU - Isomöttönen V.
AU - Kärkkäinen T.
PY - 2015
SP - 46
EP - 56
DO - 10.5220/0005432100460056