During this mini-sprint we will conduct three activities that will allow a group of 3–5 people to explore ways on how to use the pair programming agile technique in teaching scenarios where we want our students to collaborate with each other in order to improve their learning experience. These activities are:

• Local pair programming. (30 min) We work in teams of two people. Each team solves together a programming problem with Python using only one computer. The activity starts with a 3 minute introduction to pair programming.

• Remote pair programming. (30 min) We work again in teams of two people, where each team solves together a programming problem with Python. Each team member uses her/his own computer but both share a remote development environment (using a platform such as Cloud9 IDE). The activity starts with a 5 minute introduction to using a remote IDE.

• Group discussion. (30 min) Participants share their views and opinions about the two previous activities and answer questions such as:

  • Is pair programming suitable for the kind of classes/students I teach?
  • How should we pair our students?
  • How long should a pair programming session last?
  • Under what circumstances should I use local or remote pair programming?
  • How can we measure the effectiveness of using pair programming with our students?

At the end the group will produce an electronic report describing the whole experience and results.