The meeting of the Erasmus+ project consortium OOP4FUN in the Czech Republic

Consortium of the Erasmus + project Object Oriented Programming for Fun – OOP4FUN gathered in Pardubice, Czech Republic on Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December of 2023, to wrap up the 2nd year of the project. On behalf of the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Organizational Sciences, members of the Department of Software Engineering were present at the meetings: Prof. Dr. Dušan Savić, project manager for the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON), Prof. Dr. Ilija Antović, Prof. Dr. Miloš Milić, and Tatjana Stojanović, assistant.

This hybrid transnational project meeting was held at the University of Pardubice, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics. The main aim of this meeting was to review and resume current project development and to agree on future project activities, milestones, events and deliverables.

The important part of the project meeting was a workshop where the project partners learned about the Greenfoot IDE, including the presentation and discussion regarding Project Result 3 “Developing of new syllabus for (teaching) programming”. The summary of project result 2 “Learning design with new core idea of (teaching) programming” was also done. Partners discussed project management, budget and deadlines. Presentation and discussion about the project partners’ tasks on Project Result 4 “Materials for teachers – transfer of experience for current and future teachers + e-learning platform” defined future work for 2024. A visit to Gymnasium Dašická (the project partner) was also organized.

Numerous events, of which multiplier events, teaching and training activity and the final conference are coming up in 2024. The end of the project is planned in September 2024.

The project “ Object Oriented Programming for Fun” – OOP4FUN is focused on secondary school teachers. Within the project, the following will be prepared: an overview of current methods, methodologies and concepts in programming for secondary school teachers, the syllabus and guides (textbooks + online content), as well as educational materials for future teachers when necessary.

A team of scientists and experts from the participating universities has a wide range of expertise, scientific and professional interests and achievements. The main and unique mission of this international team could be to empower the curriculum and results of the projects aimed at students and teachers learning and teaching OOP through game development with knowledge and skills related to the development process and collaboration in real and virtual environments.

More about the project: https://oop4fun.eu/.