Teaching Primary School Children the Concept of Computer Programming

The paper provides the design and the implementation of an e-learning system, which can be used to help children in primary school to learn the concept of computer programming. Computer Programming has now became a mandatory subject in primary and secondary schooling; England being the first country to mandate this subject into the national curriculum. Computer programming is a necessity due to the evolution of technology; with the gap between the need and availability of programmers increasing, the advancement of technology is likely to slow down. Therefore, this paper aimed at providing a solution for the younger generation to apply the basic techniques and practices to encourage children to pursue a career within the computing technology subjects. The paper provides the exposition of a developed e-learning system, which incorporates an e-learning application, a web-based management system and a communication structure which can be used to effectively deliver learning techniques to address the issue of an insufficient amount of young people applying themselves in the field of computing.