MAXIMIZING DISTANCE LEARNING FOR PROGRAMMING EDUCATION: THE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING THE REPLIT ONLINE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING THE PYTHON IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54662/veresen.1.2023.11Keywords:
cloud technologies, code editor, distance learning, IDE, libraries, online development environment, programming, Pygame, Python, Tkinter, TurtleAbstract
The article explores the online development environment «Replit», including its registration process, terms of free use, installation of packages, and use of libraries for the Python programming language («Turtle», «Tkinter» and «Pygame»). The article provides a step-by-step algorithm for teachers to use the online development environment «Replit» and highlights the advantages of using this service in distance learning when teaching programming. The article focuses on the functionality of the educational environment «Teams for Education», which provides workspaces for the joint work of teachers and students. It covers the process of creating teams, inviting students, creating and assigning tasks, joint project work, feedback organization, integration with Google Classes, and built-in textbooks and Python training programs for independent work of students. Additionally, the article highlights the environment's capabilities for creating tests to validate student code. It includes examples of tasks with programming code in the Python language based on the templates of the Turtle and Tkinter libraries. Furthermore, the article demonstrates the functionality and capabilities of the online development environment «Replit» not only in the web service opened by a browser on a computer but also through the mobile application «Replit» (v. 2.8.1). The article also discusses a new feature of the Replit environment, which was added in December 2022, allowing for the creation and editing of custom interface themes, which can stylize the color scheme of the online development environment and adjust the syntax highlighting in the code according to one's own preferences. This article is intended for computer science teachers in general secondary education institutions.
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