Design of Online Runtime and Testing Environment for Instant Java Programming Assessment

In this paper we present an innovative online instant assessment system for interactive teaching and student´s active and collaborative learning introductory Java programming in CS1. This system is designed to facilitate the interaction between the instructor and students, the collaboration between students, and enhance the student´s “learning by doing” active learning model for the CS1 introductory programming course. This novel Java online virtual server engine provides not only a timely controlled environment for the synchronous delivery of interactive teaching and learning modules with instant assessment of student progress in classroom but it also provides a asynchronous off class self-study supplemental environment for student independent learning.