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CC INFINITE

• Title: Computing Competences. Innovative learning approach for non-IT students
• Funding Programme: EU ERASMUS +
• Duration of the Project: 34 months
• EC Co-financing: 213,362 EUR
• Start Date: 1st October 2018

Aims and Objectives

The project is a partnership between the Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Silesia the EDU-RES foundation (both Poland), Catholic Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Murcia (Spain), Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) and the Â鶹´«Ã½AV (UK).

European Strategy 2020 stressed an importance of 'Smart Growth' which includes developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation. There is a need to increase the competencies in programming, coding and computational thinking skills, especially for non-IT specialists. Thus the aim of the project in to increase innovation and interdisciplinarity of higher education through the development of programming courses for non-IT students.

The specific objectives

• To strengthen cooperation between partner institutions and increase their internationalisation through the exchange of good practice in jointly developed educational materials
• To evaluate the effectiveness of the programming courses in four European Universities
• To promote an idea of open education and open software
• To enhance the quality and relevance of students' knowledge

The target audience will be non-IT students from four countries who will be testing and evaluating a newly developed course.

Outputs

• Interactive online course consisting of 12 introductory and 30 main lessons
• Programming exercises (210 in total)
• Automatic evaluation system

is available for all interested parties through e-learning platform.

Project News and Updates

• CC Infinite 2021 Transnational Meeting in a Virtual Space
• is now live, with detailed information on project's description, partners meetings and project's results:
  • Online course in programming
  • Methodology for non-IT students
  • Programming exercisesÌý

Contact Information

Professor Yanqing Duan
E: yanqing.duan@beds.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1582 743134