On June 13, 2024, members of the research team from Slovakia as part of their Erasmus exchange stay participated in the event of the School of Computer Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hosted the 1st Workshop on the Teaching Tool VPL (Virtual Programming Lab). The event took place at the Computer Science and Mathematics Building on the Tafira Campus and brought together educators and professionals to discuss innovative uses of automatic evaluation tools in programming education.
The workshop included insightful sessions on the current features of VPL, its future developments, and practical experiences from integrating VPL into teaching. First session was focused on Presentation of inovation of VPL by Juan Carlos RodrÃguez del Pino, from University of Las Palmas de Gran Canariaand describes new features of Virtual programming lab, future developments, and an engaging Q&A session with attendees.
The second session highlighted practical applications of VPL in education and new ides of its development by Dr. Skalka in presentation “Virtual Programming Lab ideas from using the Priscilla system”. He shared his experiences with integrating VPL and the Priscilla system to enhance programming education, providing valuable insights into teaching methodologies.
This session also contains experience from last run of courses based on VPL at ULPCG: “Methodological change in Programming Fundamentals I Course 23/24” by Juan Carlos RodrÃguez del Pino, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
