Paterson, James H.Karhu, MarkkuCazzola, WalterIllina, IrinaLaw, RobertMalchiodi, DarioMaximiano, MarisaSilva, Catarina2025-06-162025-06-162015-09J. H. Paterson et al., "Experience of an International Collaborative Project with First Year Programming Students," 2015 IEEE 39th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, Taichung, Taiwan, 2015, pp. 829-834, doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2015.49.978-1-4673-6564-2http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13270Published in: 2015 IEEE 39th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference. Date of Conference: 01-05 July 2015.Acknowledgment We wish to acknowledge the contributions made to the running of this IP over two years by the many people from all the partner institutions who participated enthusiastically in the organization and academic aspects of the programme.This paper describes an Erasmus Intensive Programme that used international collaboration as a novel pedagogical approach to teaching programming skills to first-year students in a blended learning context using a mixture of virtual environment and intensive teaching. The experience and outcomes of the Programme are evaluated from the viewpoints of the students and instructors and conclusions are drawn on the value and conduct of international student collaborations.engErasmusInternational Student CollaborationSoftware Engineeringconference paper10.1109/compsac.2015.490730-3157