Planning courses that promote computer science students' collaboration skills is essential but also challenging in university teaching. Instructional design models are developed to support teachers with didactic analysis and decisions. With the aim of evaluating and further developing a model for the instructional design of collaborative learning in computer science, five teachers were asked to design a course using the model. In addition, they were asked to evaluate the applicability of the model. Overall, the teachers rated the model as well applicable; a more detailed version of the model was derived on the basis of the feedback and the so called PlanCoLearn model was constructed.
Planning courses that promote computer science students’ collaboration skills is essential but also challenging in university teaching. Instructional design models are developed to support teachers with didactic analysis and decisions. With the aim of evaluating and further developing a model for the instructional design of collaborative learning in computer science, five teachers were asked to design a course using the model. In addition, they were asked to evaluate the applicability of the model. Overall, the teachers rated the model as well applicable; a more detailed version of the model was derived on the basis of the feedback and the so called PlanCoLearn model was constructed.