Evaluation of a re-designed introductory course “Programming in C” with video support

This paper describes the changes made on a traditional introductory programming course into a blended learning course. The goal of those changes was to bridge the increasing gap between the insufficiencies of scholarly education and academic requirements on programming capabilities in engineering. As a special target group, industrial engineers with a broad engineering education and about 1/3 economic subject were selected. The new course concept implements and combines the elements lectures, online learning environment, tutorials, short video lectures and digital students support. The impact of the changes on students' success is evaluated by grades.