4514 2023 2023 eng 9281 9290 10 conferencepaper IATED Academy Valencia 0 2024-03-15 2023-11-13 -- This paper reveals various approaches undertaken over more than two decades of teaching undergraduate programming classes at different Higher Education Institutions, in order to improve student activation and participation in class and consequently teaching and learning effectiveness. While new technologies and the ubiquity of smartphones and internet access has brought new tools to the classroom and opened new didactic approaches, lessons learned from this personal long-term study show that neither technology itself nor any single new and often hyped didactic approach ensured sustained improvement of student activation. Rather it needs an integrated yet open approach towards a participative learning space supported but not created by new tools, technology and innovative teaching methods. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 13th - 15th, 2023, Seville, Spain 978-84-09-55942-8 2340-1095 10.21125/iceri.2023.2382 urn:nbn:de:hbz:1010-opus4-45141 © Alle Rechte vorbehalten Manfred Meyer eng uncontrolled Student Activation eng uncontrolled Interactive Voting Systems eng uncontrolled Flipped Classroom eng uncontrolled Peer Instruction eng uncontrolled Social Learning Datenverarbeitung; Informatik Maschinenbau Bocholt Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-w-hs/files/4514/ICERI 2023 - Final Paper 2382 Meyer.pdf