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The SOB Monitor: Supporting Competency-Based Assessment with Gamification (Short Paper)

2026 · International Computer Programming Education Conference · pp. 13:1-13:9 · 0 citations · 18 references
Computer Science

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Assessment with SOBs, the new architecture of the SOB Monitor platform, its implementation and how it supports competency-based assessment in Computer Science undergraduate modules are described.

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