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This paper describes an instructional model based on the application of Cloud9 which is a cloud-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Cloud9's synchronous code sharing capabilities are leveraged to further engage Information Systems students in the learning process in an introductory web development course. This model actively engages students in a synchronized collaborative code writing process during lectures and labs where student work and contributions are incorporated into the presentations, group discussions, and individual work. The contribution of this work is showing how synchronized cloud IDEs can be leveraged to create and enhance an active learning experience in the form of pair programming, collaborative code writing lectures and labs, and cooperative code reviews. Reported data includes student perceptions and faculty impressions as captured through group discussions, interviews and surveys.

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Synchronous Cloud Instruction: A Model to Improve Students' Learning Experience.

This paper describes an instructional model based on the application of Cloud9 which is a cloud-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Cloud9's synchronous code sharing capabilities are leveraged to further engage Information Systems students in the learning process in an introductory web development course. This model actively engages students in a synchronized collaborative code writing process during lectures and labs where student work and contributions are incorporated into the presentations, group discussions, and individual work. The contribution of this work is showing how synchronized cloud IDEs can be leveraged to create and enhance an active learning experience in the form of pair programming, collaborative code writing lectures and labs, and cooperative code reviews. Reported data includes student perceptions and faculty impressions as captured through group discussions, interviews and surveys.