Design of self-paced blended-learning computer programming courses for maritime students

Digital competencies are an important part of the education of future engineers. The maritime industry demands solid and advanced digital competencies. Developing them with traditional methods is difficult and inefficient due to the heterogeneous high-school background of students. Blended-learning approaches can turn the learning curve from steep into a gradual one, while self-paced approaches allow students to adapt the learning rhythm according to their needs. In this paper, we discuss the design of computer programming courses for maritime students, which use both blended-learning and self-paced to achieve maximum educational impact.