As part of a larger Erasmus+ project, the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, organized a conference for teachers of informatics and programming, IT professors from universities, students, representatives from IT companies and more. The focus was on object-oriented programming (OOP), using the principle of “learning by doing”, using Java programming language and Greenfoot IDE. Educators had opportunity to learn about new innovative ways of teaching programming and participate in a demonstration of an interactive programming lesson with the aim of helping them prepare engaging lessons on light OOP concepts.
The conference was opened by Professor Sandra Jednak, PhD, Vice Dean for International Cooperation, and Assistant Professor Aleksandar Jović, PhD, Assistant Minister for International Cooperation and European Integration in the Ministry of Education.
Prof. Dušan Savić, PhD, Vice Dean for Basic Studies at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, also the Manager of the OOP4FUN project for the University of Belgrade, presented the results and activities of the OOP4FUN project. He also held the class on object-oriented programming for IT teachers from secondary schools, as an example and model of how they could work with their students.
The guest lecture was delivered by Oracle Academy Program Manager, Ljiljana Krkić, and Oracle Academy Instructor and Director of Računarska gimnazija, Duša Vuković. They briefly presented on the free Oracle Academy program for educational institutions with special attention to the Java programming language and Greenfoot that were used for this project.
This conference offered an opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experience, and participants were able to refresh connections and make plans for future cooperation.
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The OOP4FUN is online platform created to support secondary school teachers when preparing their classes, based on the guidelines published and printed in Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Serbia, and Slovakia. It is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
More details and photos can be found on the link of organizer: https://fon.bg.ac.rs/opste/uspesno-odrzana-konferencija-oop4fun-conference-rs/
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