Work in progress - Anytime, anywhere active learning in Computer Science

This work-in-progress paper describes a web-based system that is being developed at Ohio University for developing and administering active learning assignments. The paper describes the design of the system, and its intended use in outcomes-based assessment of student learning in Computer Science. The system allows students to access active learning exercises via the web and provides students with immediate feedback on their work. Faculty use the system to design active learning assignments that tie student performance to achievement of specific course outcomes. This work-in-progress paper describes initial experiences with this system in an advanced course where both the software package JFLAP (An Interactive Formal Languages and Automata Package) and C++ programming are used.