Collaborative Coding for Remotely Teaching Creative Computing

Both interactive and collaborative coding have been shown to be beneficial for teaching creative computing. Whilst mechanisms exist for tutors to share initial code with students easily, there is little provision for students to share current work with tutors and peers during the lesson, especially in a remote, online context. This reduces the effectiveness of the tutor in aiding students and misses opportunities for demonstrative correction and collaboration. In this workshop, we demonstrate the real-time, collaborative functionality built into the MIMIC online coding platform (https://mimicproject.com) encouraging UAL instructors become early adopters and provide feedback for further iterations.