Hello,
I'm Mike.

Mike Barkmin

I'm a passionate developer, teacher for Mathematics and Computer Science Education andhead of the OpenPatch organisation.

Selected Projects

OpenPatch is an organisation for improving assessment and training of programming competencies.
OpenPatch
organisation
Bitflow is a ReactJS library for creating and conducting flow-based assessments.
Bitflow
reactjs
Hyperbook is a static site generator (SSG) for building interactive workbooks.
Hyperbook
reactjs, nextjs
A Java library to ease the transition from Scratch to Java
Scratch for Java
scratch, java
Patches is a Design System mainly build for OpenPatch and associated products.
Patches
reactjs, emotion
Smartlights recreated for different educational scenarios.
Smartlights
c, python, java, node red, raspberry, node mcu
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Selected Publications

2020
Vermittlung digitalisierungsbezogener Kompetenzen an Lehramtsstudierende - Werkstattbericht einer interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppe
Barkmin, M.; Beißwenger, M.; Borukhovich-Weis, S.; Brinda, T.; Bulizek, B.; Burovikhina, V.; Gryl, I.; Tobinski, D. 2020: Bildung, Schule und Digitalisierung. Münster: Waxmann
ScrollPaperComputerPresentation
2020 - Koli Calling '20 - Koli, Finland
Analysis of Programming Assessments - Building an Open Repository for Measuring Competencies
Barkmin, M.; Brinda, T. 2020: Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. New York, NY, USA: ACM
ScrollPaperMovieVideo
2020 - WiPSCE '20 - Essen, Germany
Competency Structure Model for Programming for the Transition from School to University
Barkmin, M. 2020: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education. New York, NY, USA: ACM
ScrollPaperMovieVideoComputerPresentation
2020 - WiPSCE '20 - Essen, Germany
An Open Platform for Assessment and Training of Competencies
Barkmin, M. 2020: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education. New York, NY, USA: ACM
ScrollPaperMovieVideoComputerPresentation
2019 - ITiCSE '19 - Aberdeen, Scotland UK
Identifying Predictors for Code Highlighting Skills
A regressional analysis of knowledge, syntax abilities and highlighting skills
Kramer, M.; Barkmin, M.; Brinda, T. 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. New York, NY, USA: ACM
ScrollPaperComputerPresentation
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Recent Blog Posts

12 min
Spin up Real Infrastructure for Load Testing on HetznerCloud
Imagine you have developed an API-service, but you do not know how much load it could handle or which server configuration you need to handle the anticipated load. In this blog post I will show you… Read more
2 min
Getting Familiar with a New Programming Language
I have around ten years of experience developing software in various programming languages. I started with ActionScript 3, learned Java and C++ in university and develop web application for around… Read more
3 min
Renovate Your Gitlab Projects Automatically
“Gitlab application screengrab” by Pankaj Patel on Unsplash Keeping your dependencies up-to-date is something many of us are struggling with. Of course, we want the latest and greatest. We want the… Read more
7 min
React to Everything
In this article I will introduce you to a project which I have developed over the last few months. It aims to share as much code possible between Android, iOS, Web and Desktop, but tries to look and… Read more
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