Students' Perspectives on Online Lecture Delivery Methods for Programming Courses: A Survey-based Study during COVID-19

This Research to Practice Full Paper presents a detailed study on the perspectives of students on different online lecture delivery method for programming classes, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the period of spring, summer, and fall 2020, a total of 770 students across six different courses, and spanning the freshman, sophomore, and junior years, were surveyed to express their opinions in three different online lecture delivery methods, in the school hosting this study. The survey was designed to capture the main problems and obstacles the student had faced in an online learning environment. The authors analyze the obtained results and recommend best practices to successfully lead programming classes in an online learning environment.