<s>
Sense	O
is	O
an	O
educational	B-Language
programming	O
environment	O
created	O
by	O
The	O
Open	O
University	O
(	O
OU	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
drag-and-drop	O
programming	O
environment	O
designed	O
to	O
teach	O
students	O
the	O
fundamentals	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
using	O
different	O
shape	O
and	O
colour	O
"	O
blocks	O
"	O
selected	O
from	O
a	O
palette	O
of	O
available	O
commands	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
the	O
student	O
needs	O
no	O
prior	O
experience	O
of	O
programming	O
nor	O
need	O
to	O
learn	O
a	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Scratch	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
developed	O
by	O
the	O
MIT	O
Media	O
Lab	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
.sb	B-Language
files	I-Language
like	O
Scratch	B-Language
but	O
the	O
two	O
pieces	O
of	O
software	O
cannot	O
use	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sense	O
programming	O
environment	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
SenseBoard	O
,	O
a	O
specialised	O
piece	O
of	O
hardware	O
which	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
via	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
connection	O
.	O
</s>
