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  +      <ul><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">The event creator was very good at keeping the task focused. All people who took part had already done homeworks, so it was actually a check and a verification. &nbsp;I had trouble from the lower resolution of my notebook (it was not always easy to read other people' screen), from my difficulty to speak fluently english, and to understand it as well (I'm a bit hard of hearing).&nbsp;Later I was frustrated when during pair programming was required googling. (196) [clarified with student: "<span style="font-size:13px">I thought homeworks had to be done before and people was supposed to take part to pair programming with clear thoughts about how to do things. So looking at someone doing web search looked quite a waste of time.</span>"]</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">Waste of time. Lot's of talk, less than 10 lines of code as a result. (192)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I couldn't do remote pair programming because of net problem (187)</span></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px">AWKWARD AT FIRST&nbsp;</span></font><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">as time went on it got smoother and seemed more productive (179)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13px">Never really figured how it works. Couldn't find any useful session when I needed it. No one came to pairing event when I created one. (178)&nbsp;</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13px">Worked with a knowledgeable individual and it was very informative for me, and I think I was able to contribute as well. We finished the homework and worked professionally. (168)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13px">Never happened: I don't like other people. (158)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13px">I only participated in one programming session and it was a mutually beneficial experience. It was good to watch others (I learned tricks and little syntax notations that I wasn't familiar with before). Also, I had an idea of how to approach a problem that helped another solve the homework. The reason that I didn't continue was because I didn't feel confident in my programming abilities to be able to 'remote' pair with someone. Perhaps this is something inherent to me, but I feel like I need to 'know' 80% of the homework before I can enter a pair session. (152)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13px">This was for HW0. It was a little awkward getting the hang of the technology for the session. We started as a group of three but eventually had four people show up and split into two groups. The group I was in only got about halfway through the homework before it got too late, but we were productive during this time and I believe everyone viewed the session as a success. I was the driver and I certainly benefited from the input of the other participants, who usually had a solution when I got stuck on some bit of syntax. (149)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It was nice. We enjoyed. (141)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Great experience. The second pair of eyes can spot obvious errors which one is blind to see. (137)</span></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13.333333015441895px">"Great thing, want to use it as often as possible&nbsp;</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:16.639999389648438px">(135)</span></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px">Good experience. Lot of sharing ideas. Encouragement, Brain storming, Highly productive, got more things done than possibly imagined. Discovered my own strengths and learned from others by doing. (127)</span></font></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px">During one of the early homeworks I worked with a Spanish guy living in Finland. It believe it was HW1 (pure ruby). We quickly completed the assignment despite the distractions of other people logging into the Google Hangout and not knowing how to use the Google software because it was their first attempt at pair programming. All in all, many distractions but I enjoyed seeing someone else's approach and definitely learned some new tricks from it. (126)</span></font></span></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px">I created a hangout. 3 people responded and 1 actually turned up. We paired up and he drove, since he had already made a start on the project. We didn't use any video, just screen share and audio (116)</span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">Memory game in java, monopoly game in c++, scrable game in java, poker game in java. (103)</span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">Very easy, I use remote desktop programs like TeamViewer. (99)</span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">I was too scared of my lack of programming prowess to have it publicly compared. (98)</span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">Hi, my first remote pair programming experience was good, and very intective . I had fews information. but after got stuck on ruby and rails session I decided to wait for the next open CS169.1 course. (94)&nbsp;</span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">my first pair programming was in a company with another employee, in the first week i was there. I had to see how he worked to learn the way of doing the tasks. (93)</span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Trying to create php code to communicate with a MySQL database when working at MySQL. (85)&nbsp;</span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">My first pair programming experience was for saas. &nbsp;I set up the class machine on AWS, installed tmux, wemux, and vim, and cloned my vim configuration files from github.  The webcam &amp; mike on my computer are broken, so we just used irc to talk.&nbsp;My pair was someone I knew from previous moocs.  He's a professional programmer but had never paired before. We took turns "driving".  Generally one of us would do a problem, then the other would write tests for it; then we'd swap for the next problem.&nbsp;It was interesting how often we were able to catch one another's syntax &amp; logic errors right away.  If there was syntax neither of us remembered we'd both use google and/or a repl on our local machine until one of us figured it out.&nbsp;There was some confusion when we both tried to take the cursor, but we eventually got used to explicitly asking for control.  He didn't like some of my vim keybindings though :).&nbsp;Overall it was very fun. (84)</span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">My first remote programming experience was strange. Was in there with people I've never talked with, there were many in the session and were like divided into groups developing different parts of a homework.(80)</span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was not quite as productive as I had hoped. There were 4-5 of us in a Google hangout, and there were a lot of technical issues. At first, my screen wouldn't share. So I logged out and logged back in. Then Mike's screen wouldn't share. So he had to log out and log back in. Then it was OK.&nbsp;We were all stuck in sort of different places, and it was kinda hard to help someone debug without physical access. I would say things like "did you run bundle install" and "did you do rake db migrate" and he would say yes. (78)</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was good, but not as enriching to me because I lacked the Ruby and Rail knowledge to be able to focus on the problem and not the tools (reading API's, tutorials...).&nbsp;We were 4 of us but some leave at the middle and some other came latter.&nbsp;We did not use voice, just the chat. (73)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">10 min: people arriving late&nbsp;30-45 min: getting setup. Getting google talk to work for everyone. Showing people how to share screens. Canceling people's mics.&nbsp;Coding. People taking pictures with the google hangout camera app.  Getting some things done.&nbsp;People leaving. (64)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I was an intern as a company working with .NET framework. It mostly involved me being walked through DDD and the different 'layers'. Very passive. (61)&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It took a while to get up and running. There were maybe 4 people who joined, but it quickly turned into a session where it was just me and one other person. We made a little progress, but the assignment was pretty difficult, so we were unable to complete it. Still managed to share my knowledge with the other person, and I learned a few things from that person as well. (60)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was quite good. We swap the roles and we finish in half of the time I would need alone. (58)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">first, fear - who will come, how to setup this;&nbsp;but also curiosity - who will show up;&nbsp;in end, joy, because it ended as adventure, homework done, &nbsp;and human communication makes it more "real".&nbsp;Unexpectedly interesting. (48)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I tried to use pair programming in saas CS 169.1x but I don't understand by myself yet. So I didn't participate (47)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was really an amazing experience. Thanx to edX. For initial part, I was the observer and in the later part I acted as driver. I felt wonderful to have worked with someone whom I never knew and in within no time, we felt like partners made for each other. My partner, he was really a patient and cool one. It was thrilling when I came to know that it was morning time for him and midnight for me. Being an observer in initial stage, I felt good of the Ruby language and how to make use of Documentation effectively and efficiently and especially the Ruby style of coding. (45)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was a little difficult due to laptop being maxed out and trying to switch between so many windows.  I just ordered a second monitor and more RAM, and will give it another try in 169.2  Oh and I didn't have a real headset, do now though.&nbsp;The hw we were working on in the hangout was on the easier side and I kind of already had an idea of how to do it so it was easy for me to follow along.   There were 4 of us and at times more than one person was command your attention, but again since I already familiar it was too disctracting. (42)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">here in course, by a group, was fun. solved problem together. (41)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Awkward.  When I joined the first session there were already 7 people in the session but 2 people were really the only ones working/contributing.  I tried to get some people to break out into another session but frankly there wasn't a good or easy way to do that.  I ended up leaving after 5 mins and decided to create an event of my own for the next day.   That one went better because we only had 3-4 people participating. (38)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">A bit hard to split on pairs (35)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was quite nice. I had the possibility to talk while I am working. I do programming quite a lot alone. So, this is new for me. It's like a forum in realtime. :-) (33)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I jumped into someone else's hangout for HW1.5. I couldn't find my mic at the time, so I was scrambling to type in order to keep up with the conversation, but my messages often weren't read for some time. Subsequent pair programming sessions with my mic were much easier. It was still useful, and a great learning tool, however I find (and continued to find) that it is a very slow and laborious process. It was much quicker for me to bang out the problem myself after I left my first pair programming session. Later sessions were again more useful, since I had become more experienced I was able to offer more help, and seemed to glean more from watching others. (31)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was great. Nothing special to be detailed out but yeah it was quite a professional one to be precise. (30)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was interesting and a little bit confusing. There were 4 of us, and one guy didn't have a microphone, which prevented him from participating more. Some other people showed up in the hangout but did not participate.&nbsp;As for the programming, it didn't feel much like pair programming, as in a driver-observer activity. It was more like a disorganized group programming.&nbsp;The hangout worked surprisingly well for screensharing, and we could comment on each other's code without any problems.&nbsp;However, I couldn't get the hangouts to work from inside the VM, it kept crashing, so I had to connect from my host machine and switch to the VM to code and then back to the host to paste something and so on and so forth, which has been annoying.&nbsp;It was also interesting to meet people from such different backgrounds, like a highschool student from Bangladesh, although his accent was a little bit difficult to understand. (29)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I learn more from peer even if I already have a working code solution (28)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was very slow for all, because we was a bit shy. Then, when we had more confidence was more fluid. But we didn't do pair programming correctly, we done something more like to group work. (26) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The very first time was with this course. It was brilliant. For the first time in many years I felt really happy programming again. There were two of us, plus we had the assistance of one of the brilliant TAs (Mr.Jonez/Jones - From Boston, I think). We met up three times and worked together/helped each other out. One of the best experiences I've had in any course I've ever done, EVER! (25)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Like an internet chat, but every one is decent and talks on one single topic (24)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I had never done remote pair programming before this course however in person pair programming I had done before. For my first session, I created a Google hangout and a few people joined. I believe we were 4 in total. Once everyone was connected and ready to go (which took a long time) things started to move quickly. We went section to section one 'driving' and the others making their observations. We got the entire homework done in a couple of hours, much quicker I think than if we had done it individually. With others watching, they help you avoid the silly mistakes. (22)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Difficulties to use tool (hangouts) garding sound volume, video, sharing during 5 min &nbsp;Difficulties, who must take the lead in the remote pair programming to rhythm the session (19)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">chat-only on HW1.5 of 169.1 &gt; was a bit strange at first but worked remarkably well because more then 1 session is possible and it gives the possibility to participate in multiple sessions. (18)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Preparation is key. Do not expect much os a remote pair programming session without being prepared. (17)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I was pair programming with fellow 169.1x student YA and we were discussing how to implement full tests for sorting a bunch of movies in the RottenPotatoes app. We had spent a lot of time trying to do it without success, until he made some random comment that got me googling different ruby methods and bam! A one-liner solution. (16)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I scheduled a pair programming session but had difficulty setting up a G+ hangout at first, as I'm not used to the platform. In the end I invited one of the students who had indicated he would be attending my session.&nbsp;I paired with an American living in the Puerto Rico who was very worried about being the weaker programmer. I reassured him that I was also a Ruby novice and that I hoped to transfer some of my PHP skills into my Ruby programming.&nbsp;I took the drivers seat and wrote the first 2 methods of SaaS HW1, my partner contributed by looking up method calls and syntax in a paper Ruby book he had to hand.&nbsp;I'm not very talkative, but my partner did stop me to ask questions and point out any errors or weaknesses in my code.&nbsp;When I offered him a turn to drive he got nervous and worried that he would slow us down, he insisted I drive for the remainder of the session.&nbsp;When the HW was completed we shared the code by copy pasting in the chat window and submitted to the AutoGrader.&nbsp;After receiving a passing grade we chatted a little and then signed off. (14)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">5 or six people dropping in and out, some lurking while two got after it and I was able to get a helpful screenshot or two as they progressed. Even though I was not at their point in the hw, and their code was not done, it helped to have something to look at later. I have no microphone, so can be frustrating. I joined late, they finished up in about a half hour later and everyone left. (13)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I joined the class a week late so was playing catchup the entire time.  Everyone was always a few steps ahead of me, so I felt most of the work was done on my own. (13)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It was beneficial because both could learn some things from each other, but at some point I found out it was pretty boring for me. I had to explain a lot of things I did and at some times we didn't agree about how to solve something so the one that was coding just tryed his/her idea and the other one had to watch and wait to see if it worked. I think we managed to find out what caused the errors easier than it would be if we were working by ourselves, though. (10)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I did not know whether we will use webcams or not, but found out it is not required when I joined, I wasn't preparing the assignment.&nbsp;I thought that we read the assignment and think about it one after the next, but I found out other people in the session were well prepared, some of them had the code already written. !&nbsp;I actually had to ask them, that I was thinking that we will do the assignments together as each one start dive into one of the problems and we loop throw them, as a real pair programming session, not just sharing our answers, and they agreed, and decided to start fresh.&nbsp;The session was really useful, we came up with different ideas and really nice code, that no one could do alone. I think each of us really came up with an idea in the code that made it much much better, which was something really nice.&nbsp;Overall the experience was really great and I learned a lot from it and looking to do my next assignments in pair programming as well. (8)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">My first pair programming was with another community TA on a agile project. The other person has paired before. So, he was able to lead the session properly and involve me in the pairing.<br>
  +We used ping pong github and screenshare (7)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">My first remote pair programming session was while conducting a google hangout for the programming hw1 of CS 169.1x, a course on SAAS offered by edx.org as a world TA. In this session i pair programmed with others for the homework which included basic ruby programs. (6)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">If you ignore the fact that because of my anxiety to provide as good an experience as others had provided me, i could barely speak, everything else was pretty great. (3)&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">i have been trying to know the exact time for the lectures but i could not that is why i give it up we need the time for the lectures to be post to our mail on on the home page of the course in GMT and the link for the live session so that we will know how to attained the and participate in the activities (212)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It wasn't good. Because we were to many inside one single google hangout. But after, I attended a real pair programming session, we were two. This was interesting to get another perspective about a problem which combined with mine give us better solution. (225)<br>
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  +      <ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt">Using screen on a Unix host. This is the method I used the most.&nbsp;</span></li>
  +        <ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt">In this scenario, both people would sign on to a common unix host. &nbsp;One person would start a screen &nbsp;and provide the credentials so that the other person(s) could watch the session or interact with the session. &nbsp;This method allows both people to actually make changes during the session when it makes sense to switch control. &nbsp;This method requires that you use an editor on the unix box like vi / vim, which is not always efficient. &nbsp;It worked well for me.</span></li></ul>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.6">Using screen sharing on google+ hangouts, fuze</span></li>
  +        <ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.6">We used this method most of the time for training, but also for pair programming. &nbsp;It allows you to use a GUI editor.</span></li>
  +          <li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;line-height:1.6">We also used this quite often for the daily 15 minute meetings with the team so that everyone could see the rapid board with the work actively underway. &nbsp;I hesitate to call it scrum, because we didn’t have a scrum master. &nbsp;We had a project manager who led the meeting and then a group of programmers and QA engineers.</span></li></ul>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt">Sitting side-by-side if you happen to be in the same office</span></li>
  +        <ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt">This uses whatever GUI the pair decides is best.</span></li></ul></ul>
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  +Any other thoughts on remote pair programming sessions and how they are connected to MOOCs like edX 169?</span></div>
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  +      <ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt">Would prefer the MEAN stack (205)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">It was really challenging, really. pair programming does not require only programming, but it's about the more broad social/meeting skills Dave was speaking about in the SAMOSAS lesson. (196)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I think the pair programming should go in pairs. With these hangouts, oftentimes you get up to 10 people at a time, each at a different point with a different problem, and folks tend to leave unless their patient enough to wait for somebody to pay attention to them. &nbsp;(195)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I like it, but unfortunately didn't have chance to work on every HW in pair programming way (190)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I think they have their place, however for a course like edX 169 and other MOOCs, I would really like to see an offering of the course materials that lets you go through at your own pace. The course structure really doesn't leave much time for a working professional who has a wife and children to fit it in, yet I don't need to turn to forums at all for assistance, I know very well how to use Google, so I would simply have preferred going through the course with less stringent deadlines for a certificate that doesn't really count in the real world yet. (186)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I have a very young family with 3 small children and I found that I could not allocate time blocks for working on the course. When I had the chance to get something done I grabbed it so I don't think this fit well with the idea of setting up or joining pre-organised sessions. (182)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I would like to see non-assessable (i.e. "non-credit") programming tasks which are related to the assessable homework programming questions and where there is no constraint on communication between students, i.e. no need to worry about breaking the honour code. (180)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">Having never used any of the pair programming technologies before it just added and overloaded my ability to accommodate the number and amount of new software tools required during the first 2 weeks of class. Suggest adding a 1- 2 week Pre course setup sessions to get the infrastructure in place so class content can be the focus from day one of the course. The course is over and I still don't have many of the tools working including; Heroku, AWS, putty, SSH, shared folders, Hangouts, rotten potatoes, to name a few. Did buy the ebook, and a Ruby book and did CodeSchool, and ruby Zombies in the hopes that I'll get thru ed169.1 next time. (178)&nbsp;</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">PP can be very beneficial to coding, but it can present special problems to learning, as well as some solutions. Studying together is not a bad thing, but it's really not exactly pair programming, it's a study session. So while working together is helping, I don't think many here are getting the full experience of PP yet. On the other hand, we are getting what you should expect from a class- exposure if not immersion. (168)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I think it's a great idea. There are probably incremental improvements that could be made to the process (there always are) but I can't think of any and it certainly worked as-is. Perhaps a tutorial screencast just to run through how the technology (Google+, etc.) is used and a sample session? (149)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">I do not think remote pair programming is convenient for MOOCs. ...&nbsp;I think it would be achievable only between programmers that are in the same level. Especially for edX 169 where much of time one would spend is to find the syntax details or bits and pieces of rails, I do not think it would work for me. ...&nbsp;I do love the concept of pair programming but for a course where you don't just start writing code, but you spent a lot of time searching through Google or studying the ruby and rails docs, I believe it is very hard to accomplish satisfactory pair work. (137)</span></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px">Great idea and thanks for encouraging us to do this! I have really learned a lot (and looking at job ads it appears this skill is in demand) (126)</span></font></li>
  +        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px">"I find it extremely hard to schedule time where I can commit to working on the assignments because I have to fit it in with work, family, etc. It is also incredibly difficult being in a timezone much different to most others. This makes it hard to schedule and/or commit to pair programming, which is why I didn't even try until CS169.2x hw1. &nbsp;</span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12.800000190734863px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;line-height:16.639999389648438px">BTW, Tutorials are at 1am, so I don't really get access to them. There is virtually no chat during my night hours." (116)</span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">May be a tutor on line (like a helpdesk) can resolve some questions, it must be a plus. (99)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">It looks like that it's effectively there. Personally, I found it too intimidating to try. (98)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">Another reason I didn't do any pair programming is I fell behind schedule. So when I was finishing HW 1.5 everyone else was finishing HW 2, etc. (95)</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px">I think that technically the Google hangouts platform isn't there yet.&nbsp;I think that maybe a better use would be having each student work individually, then chat if any issues.(78)&nbsp;</span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I like the idea, but in my case I prefer the individual work. (73)</span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It's interesting but I was always fighting to keep up to date with the course and didn't have time to pair-program (66)</span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Remote pair programming might not have been as bad if &nbsp;1) the course specified a default technology for screen-sharing. (As it was, squinting at the screen for that length of time was challenging.)&nbsp;2) It were easier to arrange sessions. I have trouble planning specific times when I'll be able to do homework, and prefer to do it when the time presents itself.&nbsp;3) The virtual machine worked smoothly with the google talk plugin. (64)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It seems like not many people are actually doing the pair programming. Considering how many people take the class, there doesn't seem to be many people doing pair programming. (60)</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I take online courses so I can work at my own pace to learn.  I don't like the artificial deadlines of the traditional learning experience.  Were I taking this course in order to find a job in the industry, I might try pair programming.  However that is not the case.  I work alone and things get done when they get done.  It would be nice to see MOOCs get away from the traditional learning race.  Slow down and let people enjoy life and learning. (53)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">They were a huge distraction from the actual material. (49)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">No - just want to use this opportunity to thank everyone who helps in chat. For me, time is very limited and it really helps to get a quick thought or advice from someone when I get stuck. (34)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">They are great. (30)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I think people would be more likely to take the role of observer and stick to it if they could be sure that they would have the code to submit to the grader afterwards. I feel that most (all?) of my partners and I myself didn't commit to the role because we wanted to write everything down as it happened.&nbsp;Also, I think one thing that would be nice is a place to show up and say "hey, I can pair right now". I tried doing this in the g+ events but no one showed up. I don't know if it's because noone was available or if it is because nobody saw it on time.&nbsp;I also posted on the chat but no response from there.&nbsp;A little bit after I started the last homework I decided to try cloud9 and I really like it. I think I'll try using it for 169.2. (28)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I done this activity, pair programming, only with persons that I knew before the course. I didn't do with stranger. (26)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Google + is fairly resource intensive and people with lower spec'd (older hardware) may not get the full benefit. Skype group/conf call in conjunction with Cloud9 worked great. (25)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I hope the future gives us the ability to develop in your favorite ide via the net (23)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">One problem that I experienced was that when you are supposed to navigate, you are obviously worried about getting your code working as well so you have to sort of drive on your own, on the side, while navigating for the other person. That is tough on one screen especially with the virtual machine going. I think the problem could stem from the fact that in an in-person pair programming session you are using the same computer/code so you get the code working together but in the course, we each have to submit our own code set so your first priority is not working with the other whether you are navigating or driving, you are worried about getting your code working on your PC as working on one code set and submitting it together is not allowed, which I understand there are very good reasons for that. As for remote pair programming an their connection to edx 169. I found it a very useful element to the homework questions and took a great benefit from them. (22)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I think the opportunity to try pair programming for real is a very valuable one, and remote PP is a creative way to enable this, as well as exploring in a pragmatic way what can be done with the existing enabling tools (Google +, etc)&nbsp;'ve not participated thus far because I started the course very late (about half way through) and so I'm working through the exercises with a substantial time lag to the other participants.  Maybe if I can catch up I will try it on the second part of the course? (20)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">It's difficult to find people available during my free time. I say free time, because I'm working in a company as IT Quality Manager and I don't program software in my job. It's like an hobby for me or a personal activity, linked with the domain of my job (IS/IT) (19)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">There NEEDS to be a way to separate a chatroom into pairs and still keep them attached to the meeting as a whole. (16)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Remote pair programming sessions should be limited to 2 or 3 participants. &nbsp;Participants should indicate what time they will be available and how long they can stay, so that sessions can be scheduled more rigidly, otherwise sessions can drag on for hours.&nbsp;Participants shouldn't be able to join a session after it has been in progress for more than 15mins as this can disrupt the flow.&nbsp;All participants should be at the same stage in the homework at the start of the session if possible.&nbsp;Participants should be able to bookmark other students who they have shared a fruitful pairing session with, so that they can work with that partner again when schedules permit. (14)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">There tend to be the two extremes of ability in chat and hangouts, so it could be expected that outcomes for pairers AS A GROUP be similar to those who did not participate. Fewer dropouts, or better outcomes among the lower-ranked pairers may be a better indicator of success. (13)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I am all about self-organizing communities - look at open source, but sometimes I think some structure would help.  I know with 1000's of people this is a challenge, but maybe a video or something about how to run a successful pairing session would be great.&nbsp;Last of all. Thank you for providing this wonderful course. Joseph was very generous with his time and I really enjoyed the lectures from Dave and Armando. (12)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The idea of remote pair programming is great, it opened a way that I never thought about, I am really glad you came up with this in the MOOC, and I think it keeps you attached to the MOOC more, and help you complete the MOOC till the end. (8)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">good learning tool.&nbsp;Should be continued and tried in other environments. (7)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">From my little experience I have concluded that it's better to pair with someone as close to your level expertise as possible if you are concerned about producing good code and being efficient. Obviously if you want to learn things it's better to pair with someone more knowledgeable. (3)&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
  +        <li><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:16.639999389648438px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Currently its fine. But due to varying internet speeds some will struggle, like me. (216)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul>
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positive.code:       <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">Yes, I prefer pair programming over individual programming due to sharing of thinking,views,perspectives and resources between two in pair programming that makes more reliable,flexible,real scenario analysis of problems. (153) &nbsp;</span></li>
        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6"><span style="font-size:13px">Prefer non-remote pair programming best because it fosters a relationship with another person and enables easier casual conversation along with programming.(152)</span></span></li>
        <li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">I found pair programming very productive and will do it again in the future if I have the opportunity.  That being said, it was difficult to arrange even within the framework of the course.  I fell behind during HW2 and after that I was too out of sync to pair up. (149)</span></span></span></li>
        <li><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13.333333015441895px">Pairing better as more details can be caught (135)</span></font></li></ul>
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    <div style="display:block;text-align:left">This is a heatmap of the distribution of students taking the edX CS 169 Software as a Service course who responded to a survey on remote pair programming</div>
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