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The design of learning activity and paths in informatics is made difficult on the one hand by the absence of a well-established tradition of teaching computer science and on the other by the fact that in many countries the official curricular recommendations are moving towards a competency-based model, increasing the responsibility of teachers. Motivated by the current state of informatics education in Italy, this work presents a system realized to support the research and classification of teaching activities in order to better select the most appropriate ones for the achievement of predetermined learning objectives. A wizard is also provided that allows teachers to use selected activities to design articulated learning paths. The system is designed to be used in the context of a community of practice involving teachers and experts in informatics education, in which innovative learning activities and paths are proposed, validated and shared.
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This paper uses the term “informatics”, that is more common in continental Europe than “Computer Science”.
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The term Digital Literacy denotes practical skills in the use of computers, software and other digital tools every citizen should be familiar with, to live in the 21st century, as described in more detail, for instance, in [13].
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“Programma il Futuro” is a initiative put in place by MIUR and CINI to promote informatics education in Italy, by offering ready-to-use teaching resources, many of which are the Italian translation of materials designed for the Code.org organization.
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This work was partially developed within the framework of the Informatics and School National Laboratory of CINI (National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics).
The authors are thankful to Paolo Tramontozzi and to Stefano Florio for implementing several features of the system as part of their bachelor’s thesis.
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Forlizzi, L., Melideo, G., Vilchez, C.S.U. (2020). Supporting the Construction of Learning Paths in a Competency-Based Informatics Curriculum. In: Vittorini, P., Di Mascio, T., Tarantino, L., Temperini, M., Gennari, R., De la Prieta, F. (eds) Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 10th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1241. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52538-5_19
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