Markus Dahinden


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Dahinden

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0009-0006-7701-3768

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01259 - Lehre Informatik

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  • TA Role Change towards Guiding Students' Self-directed Learning through Automation of Instruction for Programming Novices
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Fässler, Lukas; Dahinden, Markus (2023)
    ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
    Introductory programming courses at university level often face the challenge of having to initiate learning to large student groups with a wide range of prior knowledge. We present a teaching concept that supports individual students' self-learning through online tutorials and programming project work with automated tests on one hand and regular face-to-face project discussion meetings with teaching assistants (TAs) on the other hand. In our teaching approach, TAs take on a new central role with more responsibility by coaching students individually and providing personal feedback. By individualizing and decentralizing the courses with one-to-one tutoring by TAs, they seem to be better adapted to the different needs of individual learners.
  • Automatic Feedback During Coding Exams: Curse or Blessing?
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Dahinden, Markus; Fässler, Lukas (2023)
    ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
    Automatic feedback during a coding exam can be very useful for both the students and the examiners. It can provide a quick and objective evaluation of the code written by the students, which can save a lot of time for the examiners and ensure consistency in grading. However, an exam is also a stressful, emotional situation for students. Therefore, the question arises as to what this immediate feedback triggers in weaker students. Does it help them to recognise their mistakes better or does it tend to prevent them from doing so? How should feedback be designed so that it has the most positive effect possible? What are the key mistakes? These and other points will be discussed in our poster session with the interested participants.
  • Our Journey to Student-Centered Learning: Lessons and Insights from Transitioning Large-Scale Programming Courses
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Faessler, Lukas; Dahinden, Markus (2024)
    ITiCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2
    It is a challenge to replace traditional, lecturer-centered teaching structures with learner-centered ones that adapt dynamically to different requirements. With this poster, we present our experiences in the transition from rigid instructor-centered to dynamic student-centered programming courses with large and diverse student groups and we show some statistics from our current courses.
  • Coding Bazaar: An Interactive, Student-Centered On-Site Event Complementing Project-based Programming Courses
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Faessler, Lukas; Dahinden, Markus (2025)
    ITiCSE 2025: Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
    This poster presents the Coding Bazaar, a new student-centered on-site format where learners collaborate to solve challenges in a gamified and hands-on way after having learned and applied programming fundamentals through self-study. This event gives us lecturers the opportunity to meet and interact with students on an equal footing outside of the traditional classroom format.
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