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.