Current digital education operates as a push-system, despite the content and subject
characteristics suggesting a need for a pull-system. One of the features of the push-system
is a tool-centered approach, where the focus on tools, including both hardware and
software, is the belief that it is possible to build knowledge inventory. The consequences
of the push digital education approaches are that (1) the fundamental concepts of
Computer Science are not being transferred, (2) the lack of the development of supporting
methods, (3) and education does not seem to be interested in revealing the root causes
and to be open for fundamental changes. This paper proposes the extension of the theory
of the industrial pull systems to present as a potential solution to increase the
effectiveness and efficiency of digital education and reduce or eliminate data processing
inefficiencies generated by undereducated but misled end-users. In addition to theoretical
discussions, it also delves into the detailed analysis, design, implementation, and
testing of a real-world data processing problem. The presented problem, its analysis,
solution, and accompanying discussion reveal how one of the tools (kanban) of lean
production can be adapted to support the Just-in-Time philosophy in digital education,
focusing on end-user programming.
