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2024
Pereira, Duarte, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa NextBlocks: An Interactive Block Programming Platform. ITiCSE 2024. Milan, Italy, 2024. Abstract

Since Seymour Papert's work with the Logo programming language in the 1960s, there has been a prevailing belief in the effectiveness of visual programming environments for teaching programming to children and novices. As these platforms evolved and became more prevalent, using block programming to teach children and beginners became increasingly more common. However, modern block programming platforms like Scratch and Code.org excessively restrict educators by not allowing them to create custom exercises in the platform. They also tend to make programming a solo activity, not allowing for collaboration and cooperation between learners (Scratch is an exception in this regard). Additionally, they are usually located in standalone websites instead of being implemented in locations that students already frequent regularly. Having identified these gaps in the field of block programming environments, this paper proposes NextBlocks, a new block programming platform implemented as a Moodle plugin. This platform enables educators to create custom exercises, emphasizing social perception and collaboration features. It supports features that are uncommon in block programming environments, contributing to a more interactive and engaging learning experience. Furthermore, being integrated into the Moodle Learning Management System makes NextBlocks more easily accessible within the educational framework. As an open-source platform, besides solving current challenges, it can also serve as a foundation for future expansion by the education community. This paper explores some of the unique features of NextBlocks, presents a case study on the platform, and discusses its potential contributions to enhancing programming education for beginners within a collaborative learning environment.

2023
Silva, A., C. Morgado, and F. Barbosa. "EPIK2 QUIZ: AN EXAMPLE OF EFFECTIVE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITY." Proceedings of 17th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference. Valença 2023.
Silva, Daniel, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa Sistema para Monitorizar Exercícios de Fisioterapia. INFORUM 2023. Porto, 2023.
Silva, Daniel, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa WrEx - Wrist Exercise Trainer a System for Monitoring Physical Therapy Exercises. AFIN 2023 - 15th international conference on advances in future internet. Porto, Portugal, 2023.
2022
Lopes, Tiago, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa. "Gait Monitor and Analyzer (GMA): a Wearable Sensor-based Gait Analysis System." Proceedings of International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events. Italy 2022.
2013
Sampaio, Bruno, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa. "Building Collaborative Quizzes." Proceedings of 13th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. Koli, Finland 2013.
Sampaio, Bruno, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa. "Collaborative Quiz Development with EPIK." Proceedings of International Conference on Education and Learning Tecnologies (EDULEARN). Barcelona, Spain 2013.
Morgado, Carmen, and Fernanda Barbosa. "A Structured Approach to Problem Solving in CS1/2." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science. Vol. 3.(7) (2013): ISSN: 2251-6379.
2012
Sampaio, Bruno, Carmen Morgado, and Fernanda Barbosa Collaborative Quiz Game developed with EPIK. Proc. of conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA). Madrid, Spain, 2012.
Morgado, Carmen, and Fernanda Barbosa Presentation Problem in CS1 courses. Proc. of 17th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITICSE). Haifa, Israel, 2012.
Morgado, Carmen, and Fernanda Barbosa A Structured Approach to Problem Solving in CS1. Proc. of 17th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITICSE). Haifa, Israel, 2012.
2011
Afonso, Fábio, Fernanda Barbosa, and Armanda Rodrigues SimTraj: An Approach to Similar Queries over Trajectories in Metric Spaces. In Proceedings of GeoComputation. London, UK, 2011.
Afonso, Fábio, Fernanda Barbosa, and Armanda Rodrigues Trajectory Data Similarity with Metric Data Structures. Proceedings of Geographical Information Systems Research UK (GISRUK ). Portsmouth, UK, 2011.
2009
Chambel, Pedro, and Fernanda Barbosa Improving Similarity Search in Face-Images Data. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries (VLDL), 13th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies on Digital Libraries (ECDL). Greece, 2009.
Barbosa, Fernanda, and Armanda Rodrigues Range Queries over Trajectory Data with Recursive List of Clusters: a case study with Hurricanes data. Proceedings of Geographical Information Systems Research UK (GISRUK). Durham University, UK, 2009.
Barbosa, Fernanda Similarity-based retrieval in high dimensional data with Recursive Lists of Clusters: a study case with Natural Language Dictionaries. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information management and engineering (ICIME ). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009.
Costa, Francisco, and Fernanda Barbosa Timbre Similarity Search with Metric Data Structures. Proceedings of the Workshop on Exploring Musical Information Spaces (WEMIS), 13th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies on Digital Libraries (ECDL). Greece, 2009.
2008
Barbosa, Fernanda, Francisco Costa, and Pedro Chambel Pesquisa aproximada em diferentes domínios de aplicação. Proceedings of the Conferência Ibero-Americana WWW/Internet (CIAWI). Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.
2007
Mamede, Margarida, and Fernanda Barbosa Range Queries in Natural Language Dictionaries with Recursive Lists of Clusters. Proceedings of the 22th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS). Ankara, Turkey, 2007.