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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.3

Codula, a Social Network Geared Towards Programming Education (Short Paper)

Authors: João Rodrigues, Alice Dutra Balbé, Alvaro Costa Neto, and Pedro Rangel Henriques

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 145, 7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026)

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Digital social networks have become an ubiquitous presence to almost everyone, to the point that they are frequently taken for granted whenever someone gets asked for their contact. Beyond that, it is without doubt that their capacity for stimulating participation in groups and exchange of ideas, while retaining attention for long periods of time is - for good, or for bad - highly efficient. If taken for a good cause, their features can become fierce allies to educators in their teaching efforts. Specially in the case of Computer Programming, a sharp, and difficult matter, social networks can be of great value, not only for their inherent technological link to Computer Programming, but also for their natural connection to students that dare to pursue the arduous path to become programmers. Codula is a social network that was designed and implemented with the purpose of paving and shortening this path, both for students, and educators alike. This paper presents both Codula’s design principles that guided its construction, and main features, that were carefully crafted to fulfil its purpose. While foundational concepts solidified design choices, such as the absence of different roles for users, and the stimulus of the sense of belonging via personal customisation, features were implemented to directly support Computer Programming Education, such as the specification of different post types, and functionalities that facilitate composing, sharing, and commenting source code. By converting opposing forces of a commonly found distraction, Codula aims to leverage the best aspects of social networks to support a better cause, in the hopes of stimulating a successful collective teaching-learning process.

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João Rodrigues, Alice Dutra Balbé, Alvaro Costa Neto, and Pedro Rangel Henriques. Codula, a Social Network Geared Towards Programming Education (Short Paper). In 7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 145, pp. 3:1-3:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{rodrigues_et_al:OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.3,
  author =	{Rodrigues, Jo\~{a}o and Balb\'{e}, Alice Dutra and Costa Neto, Alvaro and Henriques, Pedro Rangel},
  title =	{{Codula, a Social Network Geared Towards Programming Education}},
  booktitle =	{7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:8},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-443-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{145},
  editor =	{Portela, Filipe and Matos, Lu{\'\i}s and Guimar\~{a}es, Tiago},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-267403},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Programming Education, Computer Programming, Social Network, Engagement}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2020.7

Towards the Identification of Fake News in Portuguese

Authors: João Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, and Fernando Batista

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 83, 9th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2020)

Abstract

All over the world, many initiatives have been taken to fight fake news. Governments (e.g., France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain), on their own way, started to take action regarding legal accountability for those who manufacture or propagate fake news. Different media outlets have also taken a multitude of initiatives to deal with this phenomenon, such as the increase of discipline, accuracy and transparency of publications made internally. Some structural changes have lately been made in said companies and entities in order to better evaluate news in general. As such, many teams were built entirely to fight fake news - the so-called "fact-checkers". These have been adopting different techniques in order to do so: from the typical use of journalists to find out the true behind a controversial statement, to data-scientists that apply forefront techniques such as text mining and machine learning to support the journalist’s decisions. Many of these entities, which aim to maintain or improve their reputation, started to focus on high standards for quality and reliable information, which led to the creation of official and dedicated departments for fact-checking. In this revision paper, not only will we highlight relevant contributions and efforts across the fake news identification and classification status quo, but we will also contextualize the Portuguese language state of affairs in the current state-of-the-art.

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João Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, and Fernando Batista. Towards the Identification of Fake News in Portuguese. In 9th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2020). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 83, pp. 7:1-7:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{rodrigues_et_al:OASIcs.SLATE.2020.7,
  author =	{Rodrigues, Jo\~{a}o and Ribeiro, Ricardo and Batista, Fernando},
  title =	{{Towards the Identification of Fake News in Portuguese}},
  booktitle =	{9th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2020)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:14},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-165-8},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{83},
  editor =	{Sim\~{o}es, Alberto and Henriques, Pedro Rangel and Queir\'{o}s, Ricardo},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2020.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-130207},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2020.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Fake News, Portuguese Language, Fact-checking}
}

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