Looking at the Design of Making-Based Coding Activities Through the Lens of the ADDIE Model

Abstract

Making has received growing interest in formal and informal learning environments. However, there is an acute need to investigate and get a deep understanding of the characteristics of making-based coding activities for children and how to appropriately design them. Over 3 years, we conducted empirical studies to investigate children’s learning experience during making-based coding workshops, in which children used a block-based programming environment (i.e., Scratch) and collaboratively created a socially meaningful artifact (i.e., a game). This chapter aims to illustrate and discuss the learning design, using the ADDIE instructional model, and lessons learned based on a making-based coding workshop in Norway, named Kodeløypa.