Using a Mobile Platform for Teaching and Learning Object Oriented Programming

Mobile technologies have impact in teaching learning programming in computational sciences leading to develop tools to support this process in introductory courses. Increased access to mobile phones allow us to promote its use in programming courses using a mobile platform, trying to improve classes with out of class support. This paper presents the structure and experience of using PAEPOO (Plataforma para el Aprendizaje y Enseñanza de Programación Orientada a Objetos; in english Platform for Learning Support and Object Oriented Programming: PLSOOP), a mobile application where students, enthusiastic about using their mobile phone, undertake an active and committed role in their learning process, taking advantage of the aiding platform with great results and acceptation.