Understanding object-oriented software through virtual role-play

Author

Jiménez-Díaz, Guillermo ; Gómez-Albarrán, Mercedes ; Gómez-Martín, Marco A. ; González-Calero, Pedro A.

Author_Institution

Departamento de Sistemas Informaticos y Programacion, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Spain

fYear

2005

fDate

5-8 July 2005

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

877

Abstract

Visualization techniques are commonly used in Computer Science, particularly for understanding the interactions intrinsic in the object-oriented paradigm. The visualization effectiveness improves if the student takes an active role during the learning process. In this paper we propose an active learning approach that uses interactive role-play simulations in a virtual 3D environment.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; object-oriented programming; program visualisation; programming environments; reverse engineering; virtual reality; Computer Science; active learning; interactive role-play simulations; object-oriented programming; object-oriented software understanding; software visualization techniques; virtual 3D environment; virtual role-play; Collaboration; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer science; Concrete; Educational technology; Object oriented modeling; Software systems; Virtual environment; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2338-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2005.293

Filename

1508843